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
- saddle horn
- saddle horse
- saddle horses
- saddle iron
- saddle key
- saddle leather
- saddle oyster
- saddle pile
- saddle point
- saddle quern
- saddle reef
- saddle rock
- saddle roof
- saddle seam
- saddle seat
- saddle shell
- saddle shoe
- saddle skirt
- saddle soap
- saddle sore
- saddle stitch
- saddle stone
- saddle tan
- saddle tank
- saddle up