ephemeropteran

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Etymology

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Ephemeroptera +‎ -an

Noun

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ephemeropteran (plural ephemeropterans)

  1. (zoology) Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.
    • 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[1], →DOI:
      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.