mayfly

Noun

mayfly (plural mayflies)

1. any of many fragile insects, of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water, and live very briefly as adults.

6 letters in word "mayfly": A F L M Y Y.

No anagrams for mayfly found in this word list.

Words found within mayfly:

al am amyl ay fa fay flam flamy flay fly fy la lam lay lyam lym ma mal may my myal ya yam yay

• Definitions:
• world wide, the most commonly imitated aquatic insect. Most dry fly and nymph patterns imitate this insect. ...
• (Fishing) The most beautiful of aquatic insects, the mayfly is characterized by an upswept wing and long, delicate two- or three-stranded tail. The mayfly goes through three stages -- egg, nymph, and adult -- then metamorphoses once again from a sub-imago adult to a spinner.
• slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
• The mayflies belong to the order Ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera: Greek Ephemeros - short-lived, pteron - wing, referring to the short life span of adults). They have been placed into an ancient group of insects termed the Paleoptera (the dragonflies also belong to this group). ...

• mayflowers ←
• mayflower ←
• mayflies ←
• mayfly
• → mayhap
• → mayhem
• → mayhems