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Definition of Sialis
1. Noun. Type genus of the Sialidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Sialidae, Sialidae
Member holonyms: Alder Fly, Alderfly, Sialis Lutaria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialis
Literary usage of Sialis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"SIALIA Sialis GUATEMALA Ridgway. GUATEMALA BLUEBIRD. Similar to S. s. fulva in
coloration of under parts and in longer wing and tail, but like 8. s. sialis ..."
2. Half Hours with Insects by Alpheus Spring Packard (1877)
"... it would have thrown off a thin pellicle, and then been sexually mature.
It then FIG. ne. FIG. H7. FIG. us. I.arva and Pupa of Sialis. ..."
3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Sialia sialis sialis (Linn.). (766) Synonyms: Common Bluebird, Kastern Bluebird,
Blue Robin, ... Sialia sialis, Haldeman, 1843, and most subsequent authors. ..."
4. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"Theodolite and Callipers in Nature and Art. —The Contouring-glass.—Pincers of
Earwig again.—Jaws of Insects.— The great Sialis of Columbia. ..."
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