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dayfly

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

How To Use dayfly In A Sentence

  • Bloodless and many footed animals, whether furnished with wings or feet, move with more than four points of motion; as, for instance, the dayfly moves with four feet and four wings: and, I may observe in passing, this creature is exceptional not only in regard to the duration of its existence, whence it receives its name, but also because though a quadruped it has wings also. The History of Animals
  • Bloodless and many footed animals, whether furnished with wings or feet, move with more than four points of motion; as, for instance, the dayfly (ephémeron) moves with four feet and four wings: and, I may observe in passing, this creature is exceptional not only in regard to the duration of its existence, whence it receives its name, but also because though a quadruped it has wings also. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Dazzled, the dayfly flutters round your wick, crackles, flares and cries: I bless this torch! Hustler of culture
  • Be still, ere I smite you like the dayfly you are! The Boat of a Million Years
  • The 22-year-old manual worker has been living like a "dayfly," as he calls it, barely making a living enough for a day. ABC News: Top Stories
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