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PLECOPTERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Plecoptera mean?
• PLECOPTERA (noun)
The noun PLECOPTERA has 1 sense:
1. stoneflies
Familiarity information: PLECOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stoneflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
order Plecoptera; Plecoptera
Hypernyms ("Plecoptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Plecoptera"):
plecopteran; stone fly; stonefly (primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones)
Holonyms ("Plecoptera" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
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