stone fly

Other forms: stone flies

Definitions of stone fly
  1. noun
    primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
    synonyms: plecopteran, stonefly
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    insect
    a small creature with six legs, three body fragments, two antennae, and usually wings belonging in the Arthropoda phylum
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