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Noun: stonefly  'stown,flI
  1. Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
    - stone fly, plecopteran

Derived forms: stoneflies

Type of: insect

Part of: order Plecoptera, Plecoptera

Encyclopedia: Stonefly

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