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scor•pi•on•fly
Pronunciation: (skôr'pē-un-flī"), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -flies.
any 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".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.