NOUN | animal | family Panorpidae, Panorpidae | a family of insects of the order Mecoptera |
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Meaning | A family of insects of the order Mecoptera. | |
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Synonym | Panorpidae | |
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 |
Members | scorpion fly | Any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae |
Broader | family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera |
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