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单词 stonefly
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Definition of stonefly in English:

stonefly

nounPlural stonefliesˈstəʊnflʌɪˈstōnflī
  • A slender insect with transparent membranous wings, the larvae of which live in clean running water. The adults are used as bait by fly fishermen.

    Order Plecoptera: many families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Permian saw the appearance of stoneflies, true bugs, beetles, and caddisflies, among other groups.
    • Young Atlantic salmon in streams eat mainly the larvae of aquatic insects such as blackflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, and chironomids.
    • On many of the rocks were the empty cases of early season stoneflies that the river seems to support in large numbers.
    • The natural diet of loch trout is more varied than most care to admit and be prepared for trout taking midge, stonefly, sedge, beetles, nymphs, olives and mayfly.
    • Their findings can then be presented to government scientists for further investigation, or passed to national recording schemes for the three main groups of river insects: caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies.
 
 

Definition of stonefly in US English:

stonefly

nounˈstōnflī
  • A slender insect with transparent membranous wings, the larvae of which live in clean running water. The adults are used as bait by fly fishermen.

    Order Plecoptera: many families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Young Atlantic salmon in streams eat mainly the larvae of aquatic insects such as blackflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, and chironomids.
    • The natural diet of loch trout is more varied than most care to admit and be prepared for trout taking midge, stonefly, sedge, beetles, nymphs, olives and mayfly.
    • The Permian saw the appearance of stoneflies, true bugs, beetles, and caddisflies, among other groups.
    • On many of the rocks were the empty cases of early season stoneflies that the river seems to support in large numbers.
    • Their findings can then be presented to government scientists for further investigation, or passed to national recording schemes for the three main groups of river insects: caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies.
 
 
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