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ephemeropteran

ephemeropteran noun: any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.

Noun

ephemeropteran (plural ephemeropterans)

  1. Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.
    • All these habitats are species poor: aside from amphipod fauna, assellote isopods, trichopteran, plecopteran and ephemeropteran larvae, erpobdelid leeches and salamander larvae were also found, but no fishes were observed.2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of ephemeropteran

pluralephemeropterans

Origin of ephemeropteran

From translingual Ephemeroptera + -an.

Questions about ephemeropteran

What does ephemeropteran mean?
Ephemeropteran means any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.
What part of speech is ephemeropteran?
Ephemeropteran is a noun.
What is the plural of ephemeropteran?
The plural of ephemeropteran is ephemeropterans.

Words near ephemeropteran in the dictionary

  1. ephemeroids
  2. ephemeron
  3. ephemerons
  4. ephemerophyte
  5. ephemerophytes
  6. ephemeropteran
  7. ephemeropterans
  8. ephemerous
  9. ephemerovirus
  10. ephemeroviruses
  11. ephenidine

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