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mayfly

/'meɪ,flaɪ/

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noun
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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Similar:

dayfly shadfly

type of:
ephemerid ephemeropteran

Definition that contains mayfly

nymph a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)