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EPHEMERIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mayflies

Synonyms:

Ephemeridae; family Ephemeridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ephemeridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Ephemeridae"):

dayfly; mayfly; shadfly (slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days)

Holonyms ("Ephemeridae" is a member of...):

Ephemerida; Ephemeroptera; order Ephemerida; order Ephemeroptera (mayflies)

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