EPHEMERON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ephemera   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

Synonyms:

ephemeral; ephemeron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ephemeron" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

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