| NOUN | animal | shadfly, mayfly, dayfly | slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage / stage and terrestrial / terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days |
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| Meaning | slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage / stage and terrestrial / terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days. | |
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| Synonyms | mayfly, dayfly | |
| Member of | Ephemeridae, family Ephemeridae | mayflies |
| Broader | ephemerid, ephemeropteran | short-lived insect |
| Spanish | cachipolla, efímera, ephemeroptera | |
| Catalan | efemeròpter, efímera | |
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