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Alder fly   Listen
noun
Alder fly, alderfly  n.  
1.
Any of numerous dark-colored neuropterous insects of the genus Sialis or allied genera. They have predaceous aquatic larvae, which are used for bait.
2.
(Angling) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.





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"Alder fly" Quotes from Famous Books



... said, or not be said, of this queen of flies? And what of Ephemera, who never mentions her? His alder fly is—I know not what; certainly not that black alder, shorm fly, Lord Stowell's fly, or hunch-back, which kills the monsters of the deep, surpassed only by the green drake for one fortnight; but surpassing him in this, that she will kill ...
— Prose Idylls • Charles Kingsley


Words linked to "Alder fly" :   neuropteran, alderfly, neuropterous insect, genus Sialis, neuropteron


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