HyperDic: panorpidae

English > 1 sense of the word Panorpidae:
NOUNanimalPanorpidae, family Panorpidaea family of insects of the order Mecoptera
English > Panorpidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA family of insects of the order Mecoptera.
Synonymfamily Panorpidae
Member ofMecoptera, order MecopteraAn order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
Membersscorpion flyAny of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae
Broaderfamily(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

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