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EPHEMERON
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Irregular inflected form: ephemera
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Synonyms:
ephemeral; ephemeron
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ephemeron" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)