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

Derived forms: shadflies

Type of: ephemerid, ephemeropteran

Part of: Ephemeridae, family Ephemeridae

Encyclopedia: Shadfly

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