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CIDE DICTIONARY

eristalis

CIDE DICTIONARY

eristalisn. [NL.].
     A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvæ) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.

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