Snake-Fly
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SNAKE-FLY, the name given to neuropterous insects of the genus Raphidia, closelyallied to the alder-flies, remarkable for the elongation of the head and prothorax to form a neck and for the presence in the female of a long ovipositor. The larva, which is active and carnivorous, is terrestrial, and lives in rotten timber.
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