panorpoid
/pəˈnɔːpɔɪd/Entomology
adjective
Resembling a scorpion fly; specifically of or designating a group of closely related insect orders including Mecoptera (the scorpion flies). Also as noun: a panorpoid insect.
- The panorpoid orders include: Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Trichoptera..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Isaac Funk (1839–1912), publisher and reformer. From scientific Latin Panorpa Panorpa + -oid.