snake fly

snake fly
noun
: any of several insects of the suborder Raphidiodea having a large head and an elongated prothorax that suggests a neck

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snake fly noun
A neuropterous insect (genus Raphidia) with a necklike prothorax
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Main Entry: ↑snake

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n. a slender woodland insect with transparent wings and a long "neck" that allows the head to be raised above the body. ● Family Raphidiidae, order Neuroptera: Raphidia and other genera

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