stone-flyn.
An insect of the family Perlidæ, whose larvæ are found under stones in streams; esp. Perla bicaudata, much used (in the larval or the perfect state) as a bait in angling; also, an artificial fly made in imitation of this. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies
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wall-fly1653
pismire-fly1670
cow-lady1676
mayfly1676
owl fly1676
brown1681
cow-turd-fly1684
trout-fly1746
orl fly1747
hazel fly?1758
iron-blue fly?1758
red spinner?1758
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buzz1760
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cow-dung fly1787
sharn-fly1787
spinner1787
woodcock-fly1787
huzzard1799
knop-fly1799
mackerel1799
watchet1799
iron blue1826
knob fly1829
mackerel fly1829
March brown1837
cinnamon fly1867
quill gnat1867
sedge-fly1867
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olive1895
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nymph1910
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Plecoptera > member of (stone-fly)
stone-flya1450
sally-fly1787
sallow1902
a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 23 In May take a ston flye and þe bub vndur þe cow torde and the dor worme [etc.].
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 97 There are as many sorts of flies as there be of fruits:..as the dun flie, the stone flie, the red flie, [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 258 The Stone or May Fly, the Body make of black Wool.., and the Whings make of a Drake's Down.
1841 E. Newman Familiar Introd. Hist. Insects 107 The May-flies or caddews, stone-flies, &c., frequent watery places.
1872 J. G. Wood Insects at Home 265 Larvæ of May-flies..I take in plenty, but not one single Stone-fly larva have I found.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. VI. 171 The stone-flies (Perlidæ).
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