"scorpionfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scorpionflies [plural]
Etymology: scorpion + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scorpion|fly}} scorpion + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} scorpionfly (plural scorpionflies)
  1. Any insect of the family Panorpidae, having a curved tail rather like a scorpion. Translations (any insect of the family Panorpidae): kärsäkorento (Finnish), Skorpionsfliege [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-scorpionfly-en-noun-Jqlz71c4 Disambiguation of 'any insect of the family Panorpidae': 88 12
  2. The insect order Mecoptera or superorder Mecopterida. Categories (lifeform): Insects Translations (insect order Mecoptera): skorpionikorento (Finnish), tséʼédǫ́ʼii bitsiinézí (Navajo)
    Sense id: en-scorpionfly-en-noun-p0wCxhZX Disambiguation of Insects: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'insect order Mecoptera': 12 88

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