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Snow fly

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(Zool.) any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Boreus. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers.

See also: Snow



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Children love watching the snow fly out of a two-stage machine.
For most of us it's the first day of the trout fishing season and no matter what the weather this year it's probably snow fly fishing fanatics will be skiving off work to cast their first fly of the year.
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