SIALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sialis mean? 

• SIALIS (noun)
  The noun SIALIS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sialidae

  Familiarity information: SIALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sialidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sialis; Sialis

Hypernyms ("Sialis" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sialis"):

alder fly; alderfly; Sialis lutaria (dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae)

Holonyms ("Sialis" is a member of...):

family Sialidae; Sialidae (an arthropod family including: alderflies)