SNAKEFLY

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Meaning:

Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax

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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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