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Insect with a short lifespan
Answer for the clue "Insect with a short lifespan ", 6 letters:
dayfly
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days [syn: mayfly , shadfly ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dayfly \Day"fly`\ (d[=a]"fl[imac]`), n. (Zo["o]l.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A mayfly.
Usage examples of dayfly.
This was a deep-colored background on which the bright flashes of closer consciousness moved like ephemeral dayflies: amusement and concern at the flutrying little creatures come to live in their minute enclaves of soil and water and vegetative fluff.
Dazzled, the dayfly flutters round your wick, crackles, flares, and cries: I bless this torch!