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ALDERFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alderfly mean?
• ALDERFLY (noun)
The noun ALDERFLY has 1 sense:
1. dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
Familiarity information: ALDERFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
alder fly; alderfly; Sialis lutaria
Hypernyms ("alderfly" is a kind of...):
neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)
Holonyms ("alderfly" is a member of...):
genus Sialis; Sialis (type genus of the Sialidae)
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