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Sialis

noun

type genus of the Sialidae

• Syn: ↑genus Sialis

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sialidae, ↑family Sialidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑alderfly, ↑alder fly, ↑Sialis lutaria

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\\ˈsīələ̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, a bird

: a genus (the type of the family Sialidae) of insects

Useful english dictionary. 2012.