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Definition of Soldier fly

Soldier fly
Soldier Sol"dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite. Soldier beetle (Zo["o]l.), an American carabid beetle (Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. Soldier bug (Zo["o]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug (Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. Soldier crab (Zo["o]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. Soldier fish (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish (Etheostoma c[oe]ruleum) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter. Soldier fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. Soldier moth (Zo["o]l.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis militaris).

Meaning of Soldier fly from wikipedia

- Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly, is a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Since the late 20th century, H. illucens has increasingly...
- The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Gr**** στρατιώτης - soldier; μυια - fly) are a family of flies (historically...
- species of fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It is native to Thailand. Its genus name comes from Ancient Gr****, meaning "Near soldier wasp-fly", with its...
- variety of species can be used, including the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens). Due to convenience, fly species that are indigenous to the area of cultivation...
- an animal. Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides Stratiomyid Fly Soldier Fly". thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com...
- Stratiomys longicornis, the long-horned general, is a European species of soldier fly. Scopoli, I.A. (1763). Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta carnioliae...
- as patties in between bread. During World War II (1942–1945), American soldiers brought for themselves, and airdropped from the skies the same corned beef;...
- The housefly (Musca domestica) is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It possibly originated in the Middle East, and spread around the world as a commensal...
- Nemotelus nigrinus, the all-black snout, is a Holarctic species of soldier fly. A small species (4.0 to 4.8.mm). Cubital vein (R 4+5) unforked. Body all...
- green bottle fly larvae are sometimes used to remove necrotic (dead) tissue from non-healing wounds, and in waste management, black soldier fly larvae are...