Word "MAYFLY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Synonyms:
dayfly, shadfly

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Insect might get off the ground (6)
Aquatic insect might take to the air (6)
Insect that might possibly take to the wing The Times Quick Cryptic 28 Nov 2023
Short-lived spring insect (6) Puzzler 16 Nov 2023
Short-lived insect The Guardian Quick 24 Sep 2022
Insect going after pigs? That won't happen Irish Times Crosaire 13 Jun 2022
Little insect might do this with a little 24 down and 23 down. Irish Times Crosaire 11 May 2022
Prime minister's surreptitious bug The Guardian Cryptic 16 Mar 2022
One's short-lived, cautious assessment of feasibility?
Could go quickly, this The Telegraph Toughie 04 Dec 2020
Short-lived insect The Times Concise 18 Oct 2019
Ephemeral bug The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2019
Insect could escape? The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2019
Insect can escape
Short-lived insect won't necessarily take off
Ephemeral insect The Guardian Speedy 07 Oct 2017
Adult naiad Wall Street Journal 25 May 2017
Insect can get off the ground
Insect could arguably do what many of them do The Times Cryptic 26 May 2016
It rises once a year, to the delight of anglers Irish Times Simplex 15 Jul 2015
Aquatic insect
Slender, short-lived insect
Insect can escape
Bass prey
Bass prey
Slender, short-lived insect
Insect that's always flourished in marshy borders
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