MAYFLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days

Synonyms:

dayfly; mayfly; shadfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

ephemerid; ephemeropteran (short-lived insect)

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

Ephemeridae; family Ephemeridae (mayflies)

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