Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snakefly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snake-fly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect of the order Raphidioptera.

Example Sentences

"Although sexual behavior is not well studied in the order, observations exist for members of both snakefly families."
"Adult snakeflies stalk their prey in a manner similar to snakes. When an insect comes within reach, the snakefly will strike, catching the victim with its jaws."
"The order snakeflies (Raphidioptera) consists predominantly of saproxylic predators (Aspöck, 2002). Snakeflies have an almost worldwide distribution, mostly occurring in temperate regions and in mountainous areas closer to the equator."

Etymology

From snake + fly.

Inflected Forms

snakeflies (plural)

Questions

What does snakefly mean?: Any insect of the order Raphidioptera.
Where does snakefly come from?: From snake + fly.

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