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SNAKEFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snakefly mean? 

SNAKEFLY (noun)
  The noun SNAKEFLY has 1 sense:

1. predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothoraxplay

  Familiarity information: SNAKEFLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SNAKEFLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)


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