Definition of Sialid

1. an alderfly [n -S] - See also: alderfly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialid

sialaden
sialadenitis
sialadenoncus
sialadenotropic
sialagogue
sialagogues
sialate 9-O-lactoyltransferase
sialate O-acetylesterase
sialectasis
sialemesis
sialic
sialic acid
sialic acid O-acetyltransferase
sialic acid permease
sialic acids
sialid (current term)
sialidan
sialidans
sialidase
sialidases
sialidoses
sialidosis
sialids
sialine
sialism
sialo-
sialoadenectomy
sialoadenitis
sialoadenotomy
sialoadhesin

Literary usage of Sialid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"The family sialid/E * Leach consists of a few species of moderate or large size (fig. 64. 10.—22. Sialis lutaria, and details), ..."

2. Dry Fly Entomology: A Brief Description of Leading Types of Natural Insects by Frederic Michael Halford (1897)
"sialid^E. rI ^HE family sialidae comprises in our islands •*- only one genus—Sialis, and of this genus two species, viz., S. lutaria and S. fuliginosa. ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"... related to the sialid group, but has tended to branch off along its own line of ... or sialid group comprises such insects as Sialis, Corydalis, ..."

4. Entomology: With Special Reference to Its Biological and Economic Aspects by Justus Watson Folsom (1906)
"Numerous masses of eggs occur, undoubtedly sialid and closely like those of ... sialid characters, indeed, appear in the oldest fossils known, ..."

5. ... Report of the United States Entomological Commission by United States Entomological commission (1883)
"The caddis worms, possibly derived from sialid forms, and constructing tubular cases, acquired cylindrical instead of flattened bodies; rapidly feeding up, ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"In Dr. Folsom's " Entomology " (1906) masses of sialid eggs are said to occur; the eggs in question were not from Florissant, but from the Laramie beds at ..."

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