Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, the Ephemeridæ considered as an order.
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- noun mayflies
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Examples
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Their first release, a five-CD-R box called Ephemeroptera, was named after the order of insects that includes mayflies, whose aquatic nymphs are among the first creatures to die when water is polluted; their 2008 CD
Chicago Reader 2010
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Steve Galloway's show "Ephemeroptera: Short-Lived with Wings" opened on May 12 2009 at the Rose Gallery in Bergamot Station.
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There used to be a whole genus of insects called Ephemeroptera.
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The dominant groups of insects are the Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Odonata, Ephemeroptera, and the Diptera (Chironomideae).
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Ephemeroptera: briefly winged: = ephemerida; q.v. Epiblast: the outer germ layer of the embryo.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Oviscapt: = ovipositor; q.v. Ovivalvule: in Ephemeroptera; is an appendage of the female reproductive organs.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Dragon-flies, three well-known orders of insects respectively called by systematists the Plecoptera, the Ephemeroptera and the Odonata.
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We know have clear evidence that in some streams that drain mountaintop coal quarry valley fills, the entire order Ephemeroptera (mayflies) has been extirpated, not just certain genera of this order.
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Ephemeroptera, of which there are over 2000 species.
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"We know have clear evidence that in some streams that drain mountaintop coal quarry valley fills, the entire order Ephemeroptera (mayflies) has been extirpated, not just certain genera of this order.
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