1. primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones; [syn: stonefly, stone fly, plecopteran]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plecopteran
n 1: primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait
by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and
live beneath stones [syn: stonefly, stone fly,
plecopteran]