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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of the plecopterous family Perlidæ.
  • Having the characters of or belonging to the family Perlidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidæ. See Stone fly, under stone.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any insect of the genus Perla or family Perlidae.

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