English Explanatory Dictionary

scorpionfly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any insect of the family Panorpidae, having a curved tail rather like a scorpion.
  2. The insect order Mecoptera or superorder Mecopterida.

Word forms

scorpionfly scorpionflies

Etymology

From scorpion + fly.

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