mayfly 的定义
plural may·flies.
- Also called shadfly . any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, having delicate, membranous wings with the front pair much larger than the rear and having an aquatic larval stage and a terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
- Also May fly .Angling. an artificial fly made to resemble this insect.
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- But, alarmed at his own philosophy, he went to the paddock gate to watch the Mayfly filly canter down.
- The Mayfly filly passed under the hammer at seven hundred and fifty guineas.
- For these articles the season is almost as brief as the season of the mayfly or the grannom.
- Izaak, or his publisher Marriott, cunningly brought out the book at a season when men expect the Mayfly.
- This defect was remedied by a series of alterations, and meanwhile the unofficial title of 'Mayfly' was given to the vessel.