yellow Sally

noun

A greenish or yellowish European stonefly of the family Chloroperlidae.

Meanings

nounyellow Sally (plural yellow Sallys or yellow Sallies)

plural yellow Sallys · plural yellow Sallies

  1. fishingA greenish or yellowish European stonefly of the family Chloroperlidae.
  2. A critically endangered stonefly (Isogenus nubecula), presumed extinct in the UK after 1995 but rediscovered in 2017.

Synonyms & antonyms

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