Uk English Meaning of dayfly

mayfly

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Wordnet

dayfly (n)

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

Webster

dayfly (n.)

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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mayfly

slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two daysA neuropterous insect

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