单词 | stonefly |
释义 | stonefly[ stohn-flahy ] / ˈstoʊnˌflaɪ / noun, plural stone·flies.any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies. Origin of stoneflyFirst recorded in 1400–50, stonefly is from late Middle English ston flie. See stone, fly2 Words nearby stoneflystoned, stone-dead, stone-deaf, stoneface, stonefish, stonefly, stone fruit, stone fungus, stone-ground, Stoneham, stone heart Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for stoneflystonefly / (ˈstəʊnˌflaɪ) / noun plural -fliesany insect of the order Plecoptera, in which the larvae are aquatic, living beneath stones, and the adults have long antennae and two pairs of large wings and occur near water Word Origin for stoneflyC15: so called because its larvae live under stones in rivers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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