Home › Words › S › syrphussyrphus/səɹfəs/syrphus means A fly of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, syrphus ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.syrphus is pronounced /səɹfəs/.EtymologyTranslingual SyrphusnounA fly of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.syrphian 89% match — Of or relating to flies of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae. vs syrphus →syrphid 85% match — Of or pertaining to flies of the family Syrphidae. vs syrphus →sphyrnid 64% match — Any member of the Sphyrnidae. vs syrphus →borborid 63% match — Any fly of the family Borboridae (now Sphaeroceridae). vs syrphus →cyrtid 62% match — Any fly in the family Cyrtidae. vs syrphus →ephydrid 62% match — Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae. vs syrphus →cypselosomatid 62% match — Any fly of the family Cypselosomatidae. vs syrphus →silphid 62% match — Any carrion beetle of the family Silphidae, now subfamily Silphinae. vs syrphus →