alder fly

Questions about alder fly

What is another word for alder fly?

It depends which alder fly you mean. In the sense “dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae”, the synonyms are alderfly, Sialis lutaria. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of alder fly?

WordNet records no antonym for alder fly. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for alder fly come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of alder fly

• Full entry for alder flyAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for alder flyWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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