Definition of Sialis

1. Noun. Type genus of the Sialidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Sialis
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Sialidae, Sialidae
Member holonyms: Alder Fly, Alderfly, Sialis Lutaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialis

Shuha Shinto
Shui Xian
Shuli
Shulman
Shumard oak
Shumard red oak
Shumen
Shute
Shwachman syndrome
Shwartzman reaction
Shyla
Shylock
Sia
Sialia
Sialidae
Sialis
Sialis lutaria
Siam
Siamese
Siamese cat
Siamese cats
Siamese fighting fish
Siamese twin
Siamese twins
Siameses
Siamization
Sian
Siatista
Siau Island
Siauliai

Literary usage of Sialis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"SIALIA sialis GUATEMALA Ridgway. GUATEMALA BLUEBIRD. Similar to S. s. fulva in coloration of under parts and in longer wing and tail, but like 8. s. sialis ..."

2. Half Hours with Insects by Alpheus Spring Packard (1877)
"... it would have thrown off a thin pellicle, and then been sexually mature. It then FIG. ne. FIG. H7. FIG. us. I.arva and Pupa of sialis. ..."

3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Sialia sialis sialis (Linn.). (766) Synonyms: Common Bluebird, Kastern Bluebird, Blue Robin, ... Sialia sialis, Haldeman, 1843, and most subsequent authors. ..."

4. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"Theodolite and Callipers in Nature and Art. —The Contouring-glass.—Pincers of Earwig again.—Jaws of Insects.— The great sialis of Columbia. ..."

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