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scor⋅pi⋅on⋅fly

  [skawr-pee-uhn-flahy]
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–noun, plural -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, scorpion fly.

Origin:
1660–70; scorpion + fly 2
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scorpion fly  
n.  

  1. A mecopterous insect of the family Panorpidae, having in the male of most species a curved genital structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.

  2. Any mecopterous insect; a mecopteran.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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