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Definition: EPHEMERAL FLY

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. (Zo["o]l.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv[ae] are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly .[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: EPHEMERAL FLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. (Zo["o]l.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv[ae] are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly .[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: EPHEMERAL FLY

ExpressionsDefinition
Ephemeral fly(Zo["o]l.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv[ae] are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

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