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Nov 29, 2009
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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.

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