plecopteran
noun
ple·cop·ter·an pli-ˈkäp-tə-rən 
: stone fly
plecopteran adjective
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Plecoptera, order name (from Greek plékein "to plait, braid" + -o- -o- + -ptera, neuter plural of -pteros "having a wing [of the kind specified]," derivative of pterón "wing") + -an entry 1; so called from the intricate venation of the wings — more at ply entry 3, feather
Note: The taxon was introduced by the German zoologist Hermann Burmeister (1807-92) in Handbuch der Entomologie, 2. Band, 2 Abtheilung (Berlin, 1839), p. 863.
First Known Use
circa 1890, in the meaning defined above
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- plain live axle
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- Plain of Mars
- Plain People
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- plain stitch