alder fly
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Related to alder fly: Fishfly, Sialis lutaria
alder fly
n
1. (Animals) any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water
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| Noun | 1. |  alder fly - dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvaeneuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins genus Sialis, Sialis - type genus of the Sialidae |
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alder fly
n → Schlammfliege f
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