SHADFLY

mayfly, dayfly, shadfly

(noun) slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shadfly (plural shadflies)

mayfly

Source: Wiktionary



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PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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