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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun Any mecopterous insect; a mecopteran.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any insect of the family Panorpidae having a
curved tail rather like ascorpion . - noun The insect order
Mecoptera .
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