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SPONGILLAFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spongillafly mean? 

SPONGILLAFLY (noun)
  The noun SPONGILLAFLY has 1 sense:

1. hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater spongesplay

  Familiarity information: SPONGILLAFLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPONGILLAFLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

spongefly; spongillafly

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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