STONE FLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones

Synonyms:

plecopteran; stone fly; stonefly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("stone fly" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Holonyms ("stone fly" is a member of...):

order Plecoptera; Plecoptera (stoneflies)

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