PANORPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panorpidae mean? 

• PANORPIDAE (noun)
  The noun PANORPIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of insects of the order Mecoptera

  Familiarity information: PANORPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANORPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of insects of the order Mecoptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Panorpidae; Panorpidae

Hypernyms ("Panorpidae" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Meronyms (members of "Panorpidae"):

scorpion fly (any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous)

Holonyms ("Panorpidae" is a member of...):

Mecoptera; order Mecoptera (an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip)