SPONGILLAFLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges

Synonyms:

spongefly; spongillafly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spongillafly" is a kind of...):

neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)

Holonyms ("spongillafly" is a member of...):

family Sisyridae; Sisyridae (an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies)

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