scorpion fly

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   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

   Broadermecopteran

   Part ofPanorpidae

Questions about scorpion fly

What does scorpion fly mean?

scorpion fly means "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".

Is scorpion fly a common word?

scorpion fly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.