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Noun: mayfly  'mey,flI
  1. Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
    - dayfly, shadfly

Derived forms: mayflies

Type of: ephemerid, ephemeropteran

Part of: Ephemeridae, family Ephemeridae

Encyclopedia: Mayfly