SCORPION FLY

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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)

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