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Sialidae

noun

an arthropod family including: alderflies

• Syn: ↑family Sialidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Megaloptera, ↑suborder Megaloptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑Sialis, ↑genus Sialis

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\\sīˈaləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sialis, type genus + -idae

: a family of usually large insects (order Megaloptera) including the hellgrammite, alderflies, and related forms and having the hind wings broad at the base with their anal angle folding in plaits

Useful english dictionary. 2012.