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Answer for the clue "Short-lived insect ", 9 letters:
ephemerid

Word definitions for ephemerid in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. short-lived insect [syn: ephemeropteran ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the (taxlink Ephemeridae family noshow=1).

Usage examples of ephemerid.

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!