shadfly meaning

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shadfly (noun): slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.

Definition of shadfly

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

    Synonyms: mayfly, dayfly

    Type of: ephemerid

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SH · words ending in LY · 7-letter words

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