HyperDic: ephemerid

English > 1 sense of the word ephemerid:
NOUNanimalephemerid, ephemeropteranshort-lived insect
English > ephemerid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningshort-lived insect.
Synonymephemeropteran
Member ofEphemeroptera, order Ephemeroptera, Ephemerida, order Ephemeridamayflies
NarrowerPlectopheraIn some former classifications
mayfly, dayfly, shadflyslender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage / stage and terrestrial / terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Broaderinsectsmall air-breathing arthropod
Spanishefemeróptero, ephemeropteran
Catalanefemeròpter

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