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Meanings of dayfly in English

Portuguese
ephemeroptera
Catalan
efemeròpter
Spanish
ephemeroptera

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

ephemeroptera
Synonyms
Examples for "mayfly"
Examples for "mayfly"
1
Conscience has become the mayfly of our era: here today, gone tomorrow.
The Irish Times
2
Moist caught the essential words like a trout catching a newborn mayfly.
Raising Steam
3
Like the mayfly, their time at the top is joyous and giddy.
The Irish Times
4
The irishfisheries.com team will spend this week on Lough Corrib for the mayfly.
The Irish Times
5
In addition, mayfly hatches were not as prolific as expected.
The Irish Times
Translations for dayfly
Portuguese
ephemeroptera