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scorpionflies

scorpionflies is the plural of scorpionfly.

Meaning of scorpionfly

Noun

scorpionfly (plural scorpionflies)

  1. Any insect of the family Panorpidae, having a curved tail rather like a scorpion.
  2. The insect order Mecoptera or superorder Mecopterida.

Questions about scorpionflies

What is scorpionflies the plural of?
Scorpionflies is the plural of scorpionfly.

Words near scorpionflies in the dictionary

  1. scorpion volleys
  2. scorpionate
  3. scorpionates
  4. scorpionfish
  5. scorpionfishes
  6. scorpionflies
  7. scorpionfly
  8. Scorpionic
  9. scorpionid
  10. scorpionids
  11. scorpionism

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