stonefly

Meanings

Plural: stoneflies

Noun

• primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
• Any of the freshwater aquatic insects in the order Plecoptera.

Synonyms

plecopteran, salmonfly, stone fly

Related Words

archaeognathan, beetle, blattodean, booklice, butterflies and moth, caddis flies, cockroach and termite, coleopteran, damselflies and dragonflies, dermapteran, dipteran, earwig, embiopteran, ephemeropteran, flea, flies, grylloblattodean, hemipteran, hymenopteran, ice crawler, jumping bristletail, lepidopteran, mantis, mantodean, mantophasmid, mayflies, mecopteran, megalopteran, neuropteran, odonatan, orthopteran, phasmatodean, plecopteran, psocodean, raphidiopteran, scorpionflies, silverfish, siphonapteran, snakeflies, stick insect, stoneflies, strepsipteran, thrips, thysanopteran, trichopteran, true bug, webspinner, zorapteran, zygentoman