mayfly

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.

   While some animals take months to reproduce, mayfly need just one perfect day.

2. noun Characterized by a short duration; short-lived.

Similar words

shadfly dayfly volatile perishable fleeting transient ephemeral short-lived transiently transitory

Often followed by

nymphs larvae nymph and species hatches is hatch duns

Word family

ephemerid mayflies