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ORDER EPHEMERIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Ephemerida mean?
• ORDER EPHEMERIDA (noun)
The noun ORDER EPHEMERIDA has 1 sense:
1. mayflies
Familiarity information: ORDER EPHEMERIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mayflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ephemerida; Ephemeroptera; order Ephemerida; order Ephemeroptera
Hypernyms ("order Ephemerida" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Ephemerida"):
ephemerid; ephemeropteran (short-lived insect)
Ephemeridae; family Ephemeridae (mayflies)
Holonyms ("order Ephemerida" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
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