HyperDic: stink_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression stink fly:
NOUNanimalstink fly, green lacewing, chrysopidpale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae
English > stink fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningpale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae.
Synonymsgreen lacewing, chrysopid
Member ofChrysopidae, family Chrysopidaegreen lacewings
Narrowergoldeneye, golden-eyed flyA variety of green lacewing
Broaderlacewing, lacewing flyAny of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae)

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