ephemerid

Other forms: ephemerids

Definitions of ephemerid
  1. noun
    short-lived insect
    synonyms: ephemeropteran
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    types:
    Plectophera
    in some former classifications: name for the Ephemeroptera
    dayfly, mayfly, shadfly
    slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
    type of:
    insect
    a small creature with six legs, three body fragments, two antennae, and usually wings belonging in the Arthropoda phylum
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