Dayfly
Dayfly noun - Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
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Shadfly
Shadfly noun - Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
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Shadfly and Dayfly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dayfly/shadfly
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