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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCORPION FLY

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Scorpion fly is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SCORPION FLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

scorpion fly

Mecoptera

Mecoptera are an order of insects with about 550 species in nine families worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals that look similar to the stinger of a scorpion. The Bittacidae, or hangingflies, are a prominent family of elongate insects known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered by various males. While modern Mecoptera are overwhelmingly predators or consumers of dead organisms, early ones might have played an important role before the evolution of other insects in pollinating extinct gymnosperms.

Definition of scorpion fly in the English dictionary

The definition of scorpion fly in the dictionary is any of various insects of the family Panorpidae, of the N hemisphere, having a scorpion-like but nonvenomous tail in the males, long antennae, and a beaklike snout: order Mecoptera.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCORPION FLY

scornful
scornfully
scornfulness
scorodite
scorpaenid
scorpaenoid
scorper
Scorpii
Scorpio
scorpioid
scorpion
scorpion fish
scorpion grass
scorpionic
Scorpius
scorrendo
scorse
scorser
Scorsese
scorzonera

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCORPION FLY

antlion fly
assassin fly
bee fly
black fly
caddis fly
crane fly
dry fly
fruit fly
Hessian fly
hover fly
ichneumon fly
lantern fly
let fly
Mediterranean fruit fly
on the fly
onion fly
robber fly
Spanish fly
tsetse fly
wet fly

Synonyms and antonyms of scorpion fly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «scorpion fly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCORPION FLY

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The translations of scorpion fly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scorpion fly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蝎蝇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mosca escorpión
570 millions of speakers

English

scorpion fly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिच्छू मक्खी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة العقرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скорпион муха
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scorpion fly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্কর্পিয়ন উড়ে আসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouche scorpion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terbang kalajengking
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Skorpionsfliege
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サソリフライ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전갈 비행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kalajengking mabur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bọ cạp bay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேள் பறக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विंचू माशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Akrep sinek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scorpion fly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scorpion latać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скорпіон муха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scorpion Fly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκορπιός μυγών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scorpion fly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scorpion fluga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skorpion fly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scorpion fly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCORPION FLY»

The term «scorpion fly» is used very little and occupies the 160.661 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCORPION FLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scorpion fly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCORPION FLY»

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Popular Mechanics
Rutan points out that Scorpion's fly-by-wire system is an "attitude control" rather than a "rate control" device. With a conventional airplane, you establish a bank and then return the controls to neutral. The airplane will remain in that bank until  ...
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Daniel Dennett
on evolutionary consequences led them away from the study of proximate mechanisms, even in cases where they described behaviour in provocative, cognitive terms. Consider the case of the scorpion fly (Hylobittacus apicalis). In this species ...
Andrew Brook, Don Ross, 2002
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The British Cyclopædia of Natural History: Combining a ...
... of herbaceous perennials, natives of many different parts of the world. They belong to the first order of Didynamia, and to the natural order Labialee. The greater part are hardy, and when brought into the SCORPION.FLY — SCUTELLARIA. ...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1837
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Insects and Spiders of the World
A A male scorpion fly basking in the sun. The males have much larger salivary glands than the females. They use saliva to make a nuptial gift if suitable insect corpses are hard to find. SCORPION FL ▻ Scorpion flies often feed on dead insects ...
‎2003
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The Queen Catalogues
Allantus scolopacea. Scissor- Rug, Capsus plani- I cornis. Scorpion Fly, Panorpa vui varls. Shadow Watcher, Syritta pi piens. Spider, Garden, Epeira din dcma. Spider, Ground. Lycosa agres tica. Spider, Harvest, Phalangium cornutum. Spider.
‎1993
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ALTIN BICAKson ING
Age: 125 million years old Size: Wings, 19 millimeters (0.8 in); matrix: 75 millimeters (3 in) by 95 millimeters (3.7 in) Location: Chao Yang, Liaoning Province of China Formation: Yixian Formation Period: Lower Cretaceous The scorpion fly is a ...
IslamKotob
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Atlas Of Creation - Volume 1-:
Age: 125 million years old Size: Wings, 19 millimeters (0.8 in); matrix: 75 millimeters (3 in) by 95 millimeters (3.7 in) Location: Chao Yang, Liaoning Province of China Formation: Yixian Formation Period: Lower Cretaceous The scorpion fly is a ...
HARUN YAHYA-ADNAN OKTAR ENGLISH
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The British cyclopaedia of the arts, sciences, history, ...
... herbaceous perennials, natives of many different parts of the world. They belong to the first order oi Didynamia, and to the natural order Labiata. The greater part are hardy, and when brought into the SCORPION. FLY — SCUTELLARIA. 031.
‎1838
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
The Scorpion-fly ; in entomology, a genus of insects of the order neuroptera. Generic characters — Mouth lengthened into a cylindrical horny proboscis ; feelers sour, nearly equal ; stemmata three ; antenna; longer than thorax ; tail of the male ...
‎1821
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Entomology Super Review, Insect Life and Behavior
Scorpion-fly larva (fanorpa sp.). (Three times natural size) to both the neuropterous insects and the Lepidoptera. The mouth-. FIG. 1 18. A scorpion fly ( Panorpa ru/escens) (Twice natural size) FIG. I2o. Caddis-fly larval cases. ( Enlarged) FIG.
Dwight Sanderson Cicero Floyd Jackson

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCORPION FLY»

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The scorpion fly's newfound attraction to human remains could help …
Scorpion flies that buzz gardens and the edge of woodlands were known to gravitate only to animal carrion, said the researcher, Natalie K. Lindgren, a student at ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
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Can This Scorpion Fly?
The Textron Scorpion is not, conceptually, very different from these. The basic idea is to sacrifice fighter-type air-to-air performance, and a heavy weapon load, ... «Aviation Week, Sep 13»

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