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English > 1 sense of the word shadfly:
NOUNanimalshadfly, mayfly, dayflyslender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage / stage and terrestrial / terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
English > shadfly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningslender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage / stage and terrestrial / terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
Synonymsmayfly, dayfly
Member ofEphemeridae, family Ephemeridaemayflies
Broaderephemerid, ephemeropteranshort-lived insect