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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

scor•pi•on•fly n., pl. -flies.

Insectsany of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion. Also, scor′pion fly′.

scorpion + fly² 1660–70

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