HyperDic: scorpion_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression scorpion fly:
NOUNanimalscorpion flyany of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae
English > scorpion fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny 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.
Member ofPanorpidae, family PanorpidaeA family of insects of the order Mecoptera
BroadermecopteranAny of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera

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