stalk-eyed fly

noun

Definitions

  1. A fly of the family Diopsidae.

    • In at least one other arthropod, the Stalk-eyed fly, it is the sheer length of the stalks themselves, which can be longer than the animal's body, which make the male attractive to females.

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