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noun
Any of the freshwater aquatic insects in the order Plecoptera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stone fly, plecopteran
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insect
History
From stone + fly.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
