STONE FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stone fly mean? 

• STONE FLY (noun)
  The noun STONE FLY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STONE FLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STONE FLY (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

plecopteran; stone fly; stonefly

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

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

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

order Plecoptera; Plecoptera (stoneflies)