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Definition of Dayflies
1. dayfly [n] - See also: dayfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dayflies
Literary usage of Dayflies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Romance of Natural History by Philip Henry Gosse (1863)
"... the triple-tailed larvae of dayflies creep in and out of holes in the bank,
the finny appendages at their sides maintaining a constant waving motion; ..."
2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The dayflies are noted for the shortness of their lives, the dragon flies for
their beauty; while many other forms are well known from some particular ..."
3. Humanism; Philosophical Essays: Philosophical Essays by Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller (1912)
"To the dayflies of fashion life seems ephemeral; lo'the seeker after permanence,
it strikes its roots into eternity. To the empty, it is a yawning chasm of ..."
4. Popular Science News (1902)
"... to escape were not a few dayflies, or Ephemerids, of the species that hover
over water, and in most cases live for only a few hours of a single day. ..."
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