| 单词 | alderfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalderfly alderfly n. any of various flying insects constituting the genus Sialis (family Sialidae, order Megaloptera), having aquatic larvae and adults that have brownish wings and are frequently used as fishing bait. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Neuroptera > suborder Megaloptera > family Sianidae > sialis lutarius (alder-fly) miller1668 yellow miller1760 alderfly1766 alder1856 orl1875 1766 R. Brookes Art of Angling (new ed.) 76 Alder-fly..Taken chiefly in a Morning before the Green-drake comes upon the Water. 1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 64 The well-known orl or Alder-fly (Sialis lutarius). 1958 H. B. Mills Cent. Biol. Res. (Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv.) (1977) 140/2 Megaloptera.—These, the alderflies and dobsonflies, were collected during the aquatic work on stoneflies and caddisflies. 2010 New Scientist 6 Feb. 65/2 The insect is a dobsonfly and part of the Megaloptera order, which also includes the alderflies and fish flies. < as lemmas |
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