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alder fly

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al⋅der⋅fly

[awl-der-flahy]
–noun, plural -flies.
any of several dark-colored neuropterous insects of the family Sialidae, the larvae of which are aquatic and predacious on other aquatic insects.

Origin:
1820–30; alder + fly 2
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alder fly

noun
dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae [syn: alderfly
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