ephemeropteran

English Thesaurus

1. short-lived insect (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	insect,
definition	:	small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	plectophera,
definition	:	in some former classifications: name for the Ephemeroptera (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	dayfly, mayfly, shadfly,
definition	:	slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	ephemerida, ephemeroptera, order ephemerida, order ephemeroptera,
definition	:	mayflies (noun.animal)