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单词 snake fly
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Definition of snake fly in English:

snake fly

noun
  • A slender woodland insect with transparent wings and a long ‘neck’ which allows the head to be raised above the body.

    Family Raphidiidae, order Neuroptera: Raphidia and other genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Neuroptera are divided into two sub-orders, snake flies and alder flies are in the sub-order Megaloptera, and lacewings and ant lions are in the sub-order Planipennia.
    • Some other desert insects we've come across include the ant-lion, darkling beetle, velvet-ant and snake fly.
    • Considered by some scientists to be a suborder within Neuroptera, snake flies (also called camel-neck flies) are amongst the most primitive of insects, probably arising as early as 300 million years ago.
 
 

Definition of snake fly in US English:

snake fly

noun
  • 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

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Considered by some scientists to be a suborder within Neuroptera, snake flies (also called camel-neck flies) are amongst the most primitive of insects, probably arising as early as 300 million years ago.
    • Some other desert insects we've come across include the ant-lion, darkling beetle, velvet-ant and snake fly.
    • The Neuroptera are divided into two sub-orders, snake flies and alder flies are in the sub-order Megaloptera, and lacewings and ant lions are in the sub-order Planipennia.
 
 
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