ephemerid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *ephemerid*:
NOUN	animal	ephemerid, ephemeropteran	short-lived insect

English > *ephemerid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	short-lived insect.
Synonym	ephemeropteran
Member of	Ephemeroptera, order Ephemeroptera, Ephemerida, order Ephemerida	mayflies
Narrower	Plectophera	In some former classifications
Narrower	mayfly, dayfly, shadfly	slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage / stage and terrestrial / terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Broader	insect	small air-breathing arthropod
Spanish	efemeróptero, ephemeropteran
Catalan	efemeròpter

HyperDic: ephemerid