scorpionfly


scor·pi·on·fly

or scorpion fly S5165900 (skôr′pē-ən-flī′)n.1. A mecopterous insect of the family Panorpidae, having an elongated beak and in the male of most species a curved genital structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.2. Any mecopterous insect; a mecopteran.

scor′pi•on•fly`

or scor′pion fly`,



n., pl. -flies. any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure resembling the stinger of a scorpion. [1660–70]