SCORPION FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scorpion fly mean? 

• SCORPION FLY (noun)
  The noun SCORPION FLY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SCORPION FLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCORPION FLY (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

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Nouns denoting animals

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)