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Oxford dictionary definition of the word mayfly:
Also called: dayfly. any insect of the order Ephemeroptera (or Ephemerida). The short-lived adults, found near water, have long tail appendages and large transparent wings; the larvae are aquatic
(angling) an artificial fly resembling this
Example Sentences Including ‘mayfly’
I used two wet mayfly patterns and alternated between a Golden Olive Bumble and a Claret or Pearly Dabbler for the third fly.
SUN, NEWS OF THE WORLD (2002)
Roads near to streams could damage the local mayfly population.
NEW SCIENTIST (1998)
So London is no longer under water, and Thames water is the cleanest it has been, as witnessed by the appearance of the mayfly nymph.
TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES (2004)
To take an extreme, one could hardly imagine the mayfly (which lives only for one day) using a discount rate of 10 per cent p. a.!
Roberts, Peter THE MESSAGE OF ASTROLOGY