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STONEFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stonefly mean?
• STONEFLY (noun)
The noun STONEFLY 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: STONEFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("stonefly" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Holonyms ("stonefly" is a member of...):
order Plecoptera; Plecoptera (stoneflies)
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