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ephemeropteran
noun
short-lived insect
• Syn: ↑ephemerid
• Hypernyms: ↑insect
• Hyponyms: ↑Plectophera, ↑mayfly, ↑dayfly, ↑shadfly
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ephemeroptera, ↑order Ephemeroptera, ↑Ephemerida, ↑order Ephemerida

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\\ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷t(ə)rən\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin Ephemeroptera + English -an
: plectopteran

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/i fem'euh rop"teuhr euhn/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Ephemeroptera, comprising the mayflies.
n.
2. ephemerid.
[ < NL Ephemeropter(a) (equiv. to Gk ephémer(on) EPHEMERON + -o- -O- + -ptera, neut. pl. of -pteros -PTEROUS) + -AN]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.