Found 2 items, similar to Dayfly.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dayfly
dayfly
n : slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an
aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually
lasting less than two days [syn:
mayfly,
shadfly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dayfly
Dayfly
\Day"fly`\ (d[=a]"fl[imac]`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
A neuropterous insect of the genus
Ephemera and related
genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the
larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it
commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See
Ephemeral fly, under
Ephemeral.
[1913 Webster]