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Meaning of "alder fly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALDER FLY

alder fly


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALDER FLY

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Alder fly is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ALDER FLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alderfly

Alderflies are megalopteran insects of the family Sialidae. They are closely related to the dobsonflies and fishflies as well as to the prehistoric Euchauliodidae. All living alderflies - about 66 species altogether - are part of the subfamily Sialinae, which contains between one and seven extant genera according to different scientists' views. But in most classifications, all or almost all of these are treated as subgenera of Sialis. Sialinae have a body length of less than 25 mm, long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings of which the anterior pair is slightly longer than the posterior. They lack ocelli and their fourth tarsal segment is dilated and deeply bilobed. Dead alderfly larvae are used as bait in fishing. The females lay a vast number of eggs upon grass stems near water. The larvae are aquatic, active, armed with strong sharp mandibles, and breathe by means of seven pairs of abdominal branchial filaments. When full sized, which takes between one and two years, they leave the water and spend a quiescent pupal stage on the land before metamorphosis into the sexually mature insect.

Definition of alder fly in the English dictionary

The definition of alder fly in the dictionary is any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALDER FLY

aldea · Aldebaran · Aldeburgh · aldehyde · aldehydic · alder · alder buckthorn · alderman · aldermanic · aldermanity · aldermanlike · aldermanry · aldermanship · Aldermaston · aldermen · aldern · Alderney · Aldershot · alderwoman · aldicarb

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALDER FLY

bee fly · black fly · caddis fly · cluster fly · crane fly · dry fly · flesh fly · fruit fly · Hessian fly · hover fly · let fly · make the fur fly · Mediterranean fruit fly · on the fly · robber fly · Spanish fly · tsetse fly · tube fly · vinegar fly · wet fly

Synonyms and antonyms of alder fly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Find out the translation of alder fly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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Translator English - Chinese

桤木飞
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es

Translator English - Spanish

mosca aliso
570 millions of speakers
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alder fly
510 millions of speakers
hi

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alder मक्खी
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ذبابة ألدر
280 millions of speakers
ru

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ольха муха
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amieiro fly
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

এল্ডার ফ্লাই
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fr

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mouche de l´aulne
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ms

Translator English - Malay

Alder fly
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Erle fliegen
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ja

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ハンノキフライ
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ko

Translator English - Korean

오리 날다
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jv

Translator English - Javanese

Alder fly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alder bay
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சிறுகதைகள் பறக்கின்றன
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अल्डर फ्लाय
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Kızılağaç
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ontano fly
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mucha olcha
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вільха муха
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arin Fly
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σκλήθρα μύγα
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els vlieg
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al fluga
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no

Translator English - Norwegian

or fly
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALDER FLY»

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Freshwater Fishing Tips and Techniques
The American alder fly is nearly black in color, while the British alder is brownish in color. Adler patterns tied in the larva stage should be fished wet or half submerged for the best results. Adult alder fly Alder fly larva Caddis Flies ( Trichoptera) ...
Gene Kugach, 1997
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Trophic Models of Aquatic Ecosystems
Analysis of England's (1989) work leads to the following empirical equation relating the predation pressure exerted by alder fly larvae on chironomid larvae to the larval densities of the alder fly and chironomid populations present: P = 1.06 ...
Villy Christensen, Daniel Pauly, 1993
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Sporting Review: A Monthly Chronicle of the Turf, the Chase, ...
And for the second drop, the alder-fly, varying the wings from the common mode of making it, thus : Body, peacock's herl, tied with dark brown silk. Legs, coch-a- bonddu hackle. Wings, the red feather of a partridge's rump. Hook, No. 8.
" "Craven, 1830
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The British Angler's Manual: Or, The Art of Angling in ...
24 ; that is, two duns, the March brown and the alder-fly. Towards the end of the month, or early in June, the may-fly will make its appearance, when the alder-fly and the green and grey drake will be the only flies wanted, except for the evening  ...
Thomas Christopher Hofland, Edward Jesse, 1848
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The British Angler's Manual, Or, The Art of Angling in ...
I soon raised a fish, and killed him ; and in this bay I caught six trout, five of which were taken with the alder-fly. I then changed my flies, by using the alder-fly as the stretcher, and substituting a grouse-hackle for the dotteril-hackle ; and with this ...
Thomas Christopher Hofland, 1841
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Parasitoids: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
Males reared from moth eggs are winged while those reared from the eggs of the alder fly Sialis lutaria (Neuroptera) are wingless (Salt 1937b, 1939). The two morphs differ in other more minor characters and are quite distinct. Salt reared only ...
H. C. J. Godfray, 1994
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Fraser's Magazine
... live), and mako thee happy in all ax>ns to come : but as it is, such immortality as I can I bestow on thee here, in small return for all the pleasant days thou hast bestowed on me. Bah ! I am becoming poetical ; let us think how to tie an alder-fly .
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1858
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
And for the second drop, the alder-fly, varying the wings from the common mode of making it, thus : Body, peacock's herl, tied with dark brown silk. Legs, coch-a- bonddu hackle. Wings, the red feather of a partridge's rump. Hook, No. 8.
John William Carleton, 1839
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Prose Idylls, New and Old
land shallow, and the soft breeze sighed in the colossal poplar spires, and the great trout rose and rose, and would not cease, at thee, my alder- fly? Have I not seen, after a day in which the earth below was iron, and the heavens above as ...
Charles Kingsley, 2008
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Salmonia; or Days of fly-fishing, by an angler [sir H. Davy.].
But in the Wandle at Carshalton and Beddington, the May fly is not found ; and the little blues are the constant, and when well imitated, killing flies on this water; to which may be joined a dark alder fly, and a red evening fly. In the Avon, at ...
sir Humphry Davy (1st bart.), 1828

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALDER FLY»

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JEFF KNAPP: Fishing with wet flies was once a staple
In this case the subject was the use of classic wet flies — the likes of the Royal Coachman, Professor and Alder Fly. Wet fly-fishing was once a ... «Indiana Gazette, Feb 14»
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Fishing can be done in the rain
Being there when the Alder fly hatch occurs is an event that should be experienced at least once in every fly fisherman's lifetime.-DWA). «The Hour, May 13»
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