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EPHEMERA
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Irregular inflected form: ephemerae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something transitory; lasting a day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("ephemera" is a kind of...):
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
Derivation:
ephemeral (lasting a very short time)