- family Panorpidae
- nouna family of insects of the order Mecoptera• Syn: ↑Panorpidae• Hypernyms: ↑family• Member Holonyms: ↑Mecoptera, ↑order Mecoptera• Member Meronyms: ↑scorpion fly
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family Panorpidae
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Panorpidae — noun a family of insects of the order Mecoptera • Syn: ↑family Panorpidae • Hypernyms: ↑family • Member Holonyms: ↑Mecoptera, ↑order Mecoptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Panorpidae — Taxobox image width = 250px image caption = Panorpa cognata male name = Common scorpionflies regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Mecoptera familia = Panorpidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = See text… … Wikipedia
scorpion fly — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑mecopteran • Member Holonyms:… … Useful english dictionary
Dinopanorpa — megarche Temporal range: Paleocene–Late Eocene … Wikipedia
Mecoptera — Temporal range: Permian Recent 299–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Mecoptera — noun an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip • Syn: ↑order Mecoptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑mecopterous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Mecoptera — noun an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip • Syn: ↑Mecoptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑mecopterous (for: ↑Mecoptera) • Hypernyms: ↑an … Useful english dictionary
scorpion fly — noun Date: 1668 any of a family (Panorpidae) of insects that have cylindrical bodies, a long beak with biting mouthparts, and the male genitalia enlarged into a swollen bulb; broadly an insect of the order (Mecoptera) that includes this family … New Collegiate Dictionary
scorpion — n. 1 an arachnid of the order Scorpionida, with lobster like pincers and a jointed tail that can be bent over to inflict a poisoned sting on prey held in its pincers. 2 (in full false scorpion) a similar arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida,… … Useful english dictionary
Scorpion — n. 1 an arachnid of the order Scorpionida, with lobster like pincers and a jointed tail that can be bent over to inflict a poisoned sting on prey held in its pincers. 2 (in full false scorpion) a similar arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida,… … Useful english dictionary
