CADDIS-FLY Antonyms

• insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

• a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

• jutting or overhanging

• be suspended over or hang over

• fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

• beat with a beetle

• diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

• a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

• flutter like a butterfly

• cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

• slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest

• slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

• terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

• a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

• slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days

• typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

• primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones