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SHADFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shadfly mean? 

SHADFLY (noun)
  The noun SHADFLY has 1 sense:

1. slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two daysplay

  Familiarity information: SHADFLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHADFLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dayfly; mayfly; shadfly

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

ephemerid; ephemeropteran (short-lived insect)

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

Ephemeridae; family Ephemeridae (mayflies)


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