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Noun: plecopteran
  1. Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
    - stonefly, stone fly

Derived forms: plecopterans

Type of: insect

Part of: order Plecoptera, Plecoptera

Encyclopedia: Plecopteran