HyperDic: stone_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression stone fly:
NOUNanimalstone fly, stonefly, plecopteranprimitive winged insect with a flattened body
English > stone fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningPrimitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones.
Synonymsstonefly, plecopteran
Member ofPlecoptera, order Plecopterastoneflies
Broaderinsectsmall air-breathing arthropod
Spanishplecopteran, plecóptero
Catalanplecòpter

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