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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
syrphid /ˈsəːfɪd/

▶noun Entomology a fly of the hoverfly family (Syrphidae).

– origin C19: from mod. L. Syrphidae, from the genus name Syrphus, from Gk surphos ‘gnat’.

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