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FAMILY EPHEMERIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ephemeridae mean?
• FAMILY EPHEMERIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY EPHEMERIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mayflies
Familiarity information: FAMILY EPHEMERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mayflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ephemeridae; family Ephemeridae
Hypernyms ("family Ephemeridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Ephemeridae" is a member of...):
Ephemerida; Ephemeroptera; order Ephemerida; order Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
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