Noun: shadfly
- Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
"Fly fishermen often use artificial lures that mimic shadflies";
- mayfly, dayfly
Derived forms: shadflies
Type of: ephemerid, ephemeropteran
Part of: Ephemeridae, family Ephemeridae
Encyclopedia: Shadfly