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Definition of Ephemerid
1. Noun. Short-lived insect.
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Ephemerida, Ephemeroptera, Order Ephemerida, Order Ephemeroptera
Specialized synonyms: Plectophera, Dayfly, Mayfly, Shadfly
Definition of Ephemerid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephemerid
Literary usage of Ephemerid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Food of the Fishes of Winona Lake by Willis DeRyke, Will Scott (1922)
"1 Chironomus larva; 1 ephemerid larva; 3 caddis worms and cases; 22 Hyalella;
sand and debris ... 1 ephemerid larva; 15 Hyalella; grains of sand and debris. ..."
2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"... ultimately approach the ephemerid line of descent. The ephemerid line of
descent is a rather puzzling one to trace. ..."
3. The Physical Cause of the Death of Christ: And Its Relation to the by William Stroud (1871)
"Lanzoni (Joseph), Case of Bloody Sweat;—in the ephemerid. Acad. Natur. Curios.
Lardner (Dr. Nathaniel), Works ; 11 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1788. ..."
4. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1899)
"In the adult ephemerid, the two oviducts remain separate. In the larva of Valletta
io, the oviducts are separate, as in the ephemerid imago, but by the time ..."
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