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MAYFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mayfly mean?
• MAYFLY (noun)
The noun MAYFLY has 1 sense:
1. slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Familiarity information: MAYFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
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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