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ephemeropteran

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ephemeropteran [iːˌfɛməˈrɒptərən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another word for ephemerid
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of or relating to the Ephemeroptera
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Noun1.ephemeropteran - short-lived insectephemeropteran - short-lived insect                  
ephemerid
insect - small air-breathing arthropod
Ephemerida, Ephemeroptera, order Ephemerida, order Ephemeroptera - mayflies
Plectophera - in some former classifications: name for the Ephemeroptera
dayfly, mayfly, shadfly - slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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Spatial distribution of macrofauna in a littoral zone with drifting ... by Berezina, Nadezhda A. / Estonian Journal of Ecology
Among the other macrobenthic and pseudomeiobenthic groups, three taxa were the most frequent in the samples: the crustacean Asellus aquaticus (8 sites, in the lagoons and lakes), the ephemeropteran Caenis sp.
Meiobenthos of some Estonian coastal lakes/Monede Eesti ... by Timm, Tarmo; Kumari, Margit; Kubar, Kaidi; Sohar, Kadri; Traunspurger, Walter / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology/Ecology
Ephemeropterans were captured in relatively high percentage by Lacki et al.
The gray bat, Myotis grisescens, in Indiana by Pruitt, Scott / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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