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Meaning of 'dayfly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dayfly [ n.]
- 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 the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.