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ephydrid

ephydrid noun: any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.

ephydrid: any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae
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Noun

ephydrid (plural ephydrids)

  1. Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
    • The ephydrids are especially prominent around inland salt and alkaline ponds and marshes and thermal and mineral springs.1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, editor, Aquatic Insects of California, page 462
    • A number of studies have been conducted on the abundance and distribution of numerous ephydrids, including Parydra in various habitats or on various substrates.1985, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, page 362

Forms of ephydrid

pluralephydrids

Questions about ephydrid

What does ephydrid mean?
Ephydrid means any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
What part of speech is ephydrid?
Ephydrid is a noun.
What is the plural of ephydrid?
The plural of ephydrid is ephydrids.

Words near ephydrid in the dictionary

  1. Ephthalite
  2. Ephthalites
  3. ephus
  4. ephydriad
  5. ephydriads
  6. ephydrid
  7. ephydrids
  8. ephyra
  9. ephyrae
  10. ephyras
  11. ephyrula

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