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SPONGEFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spongefly mean?
• SPONGEFLY (noun)
The noun SPONGEFLY has 1 sense:
1. hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
Familiarity information: SPONGEFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
spongefly; spongillafly
Hypernyms ("spongefly" is a kind of...):
neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)
Holonyms ("spongefly" is a member of...):
family Sisyridae; Sisyridae (an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies)
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