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 Rob·ber n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
    Some roving robber calling to his fellows.   --Milton.
 Syn: -- Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
 Robber crab. Zool. (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab.
 Robber fly. Zool. Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
 Robber gull Zool., a jager gull.
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 Hor·net n.  Zool. A large, strong wasp.  The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe.  Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns.  The American white-faced hornet (Vespa maculata) is larger and has similar habits.
 Hornet fly Zool., any dipterous insect of the genus Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous species. They are large and fierce flies which capture bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and suck their blood. Called also hawk fly, robber fly.
 To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]
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 robber fly
      n : swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the
          proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects
          captured on the wing [syn: bee killer]