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SNAKEFLY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("snakefly" is a kind of...):
neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)
Holonyms ("snakefly" is a member of...):
family Raphidiidae; Raphidiidae (a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies)