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ephemerid

n. Any member of the (taxlink Ephemeridae family noshow=1).

WordNet
ephemerid

n. short-lived insect [syn: ephemeropteran]

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How can one tell friends and acquaintances that one’s great passion, one’s world-shaking romance is no more than a mating dance between ephemerids, that all one’s achievements count to nothing in the face of a biological destiny hoicked up by a runaway Fastigat in a makeshift laboratory on a very minor planet!

How can one tell friends and acquaintances that one's great passion, one's world-shaking romance is no more than a mating dance between ephemerids, that all one's achievements count to nothing in the face of a biological destiny hoicked up by a runaway Fastigat in a makeshift laboratory on a very minor planet!