Ephemeropteran

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.

    "All these habitats are species poor: aside from amphipod fauna, assellote isopods, trichopteran, plecopteran and ephemeropteran larvae, erpobdelid leeches and salamander larvae were also found, but no fishes were observed."

  2. 2
    short-lived insect wordnet

Etymology

From translingual Ephemeroptera + -an.

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