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SIALIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sialidae

Synonyms:

genus Sialis; Sialis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sialis" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sialis"):

alder fly; alderfly; Sialis lutaria (dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae)

Holonyms ("Sialis" is a member of...):

family Sialidae; Sialidae (an arthropod family including: alderflies)

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