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
例句与用法
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The insects in question were scorpion flies , and the observation was that those flies whose wings were most symmetrical were the ones that did best in the mating stakes 他研究的昆虫是蝎蝇,通过观察他发现那些翅膀最对称的蝎蝇在求偶中做得最好。