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EPHEMEROPTERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mayflies

Synonyms:

Ephemerida; Ephemeroptera; order Ephemerida; order Ephemeroptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Ephemeroptera"):

ephemerid; ephemeropteran (short-lived insect)

Ephemeridae; family Ephemeridae (mayflies)

Holonyms ("Ephemeroptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

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