| NOUN | animal | ephemeropteran, ephemerid | short-lived insect |
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| Meaning | short-lived insect. | |
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| Synonym | ephemerid | |
| Member of | Ephemeroptera, order Ephemeroptera, Ephemerida, order Ephemerida | mayflies |
| Narrower | Plectophera | In some former classifications |
| 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 | |
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