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SNAKEFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snakefly mean?
• SNAKEFLY (noun)
The noun SNAKEFLY has 1 sense:
1. predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
Familiarity information: SNAKEFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("snakefly" is a kind of...):
neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)
Holonyms ("snakefly" is a member of...):
family Raphidiidae; Raphidiidae (a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies)
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