Noun: stonefly 'stown,flI
- Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
"The presence of stonefly nymphs indicates good water quality in streams";
- stone fly, plecopteran
Derived forms: stoneflies
Type of: insect
Part of: order Plecoptera, Plecoptera
Encyclopedia: Stonefly