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1. (n.) dayfly
an adult mayfly.
Etymology: (1595–1605)
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1. (noun) mayfly, dayfly, shadfly
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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1. (noun) dayfly
a neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral
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