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    STONE FLY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stonesplay

    Synonyms:

    plecopteran; stone fly; stonefly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("stone fly" is a kind of...):

    insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

    Holonyms ("stone fly" is a member of...):

    order Plecoptera; Plecoptera (stoneflies)

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