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brown drake

brown drake noun: the lake fly Ephemera simulans, a large mayfly.

Noun

brown drake (plural brown drakes)

  1. The lake fly Ephemera simulans, a large mayfly.
    • On the South Fork of the Snake River, I begin to see brown drakes on the surface starting in May. […] the Snake does not have many brown drakes, due to a lack of ideal riverbed substrate.2013, Boots Allen, Snake River Flies: Eighty Years of Proven Patterns for a ...

Forms of brown drake

pluralbrown drakes

Questions about brown drake

What does brown drake mean?
Brown drake means the lake fly Ephemera simulans, a large mayfly.
What part of speech is brown drake?
Brown drake is a noun.
What is the plural of brown drake?
The plural of brown drake is brown drakes.

Words near brown drake in the dictionary

  1. brown cows
  2. brown crab
  3. brown crabs
  4. brown creeper
  5. brown creepers
  6. brown drake
  7. brown drakes
  8. brown dwarf
  9. brown dwarfs
  10. brown dwarves
  11. brown earth

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