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ALDER FLY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does alder fly mean?

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

1. dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae

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

Dictionary entry details

• ALDER FLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

alder fly; alderfly; Sialis lutaria

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

neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)

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

genus Sialis; Sialis (type genus of the Sialidae)

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