Plecopteran (Noun)
Meaning
Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The local fishermen collected the plecopteran from under the river rocks to use as bait for the day's fishing trip.
- Plecopterans have been known to inhabit freshwater environments with dense vegetation for their entire life cycle.
- In certain types of aquatic ecosystems, plecopteran larvae are one of the largest and most aggressive predators.
- They spotted the adult plecopteran sitting motionless near the surface of the water, allowing it to remain almost invisible to its predators.
- The characteristics of plecopterans have led researchers to study their unique and valuable role in the life cycle of many water-based ecosystems.