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Definition of Alderfly
1. Noun. Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae.
Exact synonyms: Alder Fly, Sialis Lutaria
Generic synonyms: Neuropteran, Neuropteron, Neuropterous Insect
Group relationships: Genus Sialis, Sialis
Generic synonyms: Neuropteran, Neuropteron, Neuropterous Insect
Group relationships: Genus Sialis, Sialis
Definition of Alderfly
1. Noun. A member of any one of the sixty-six (species) of the ''(l mul Sialidae)'' family of (megalopteran) insects, each (specimen) of which has a body length not exceeding one (inch) and possesses long (filamentous) (antenna antennae) and four large dark wings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alderfly
1. a winged insect [n -FLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alderfly
Literary usage of Alderfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliotheca Zoologica by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann (1889)
"Honghton, W., The Natural History of the Orl or alderfly of the Angler. [Sialis
la- Ann. Soc. Ent. France. ..."
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