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PANORPIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of insects of the order Mecoptera
Synonyms:
family Panorpidae; Panorpidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Panorpidae" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Meronyms (members of "Panorpidae"):
scorpion fly (any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous)
Holonyms ("Panorpidae" is a member of...):
Mecoptera; order Mecoptera (an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip)
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