"griffinfly" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: griffinflies [plural]
Etymology: griffin + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|griffin|fly}} griffin + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} griffinfly (plural griffinflies)
  1. Any of various dragonfly-like insects of the order Meganisoptera that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Permian period. Categories (lifeform): Insects Synonyms: meganisopteran

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