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SCORPION FLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scorpion fly" is a kind of...):
mecopteran (any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera)
Holonyms ("scorpion fly" is a member of...):
family Panorpidae; Panorpidae (a family of insects of the order Mecoptera)
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