Ephemeridae (Noun)
Meaning
Mayflies.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The scientific order Ephemeroptera includes the mayflies, commonly referred to as Ephemeridae or up-winged flies.
- Entomologists categorize mayflies under the order Ephemeroptera, which used to include its own subcategory called Ephemeridae.
- Historical classifications often divided mayflies into distinct families, one of which was named Ephemeridae.
- The life cycle of an Ephemeridae, or a common mayfly, is unique in its possession of a two-part winged adult life.
- The use of the order Ephemeridae in advanced modern insect classification has mostly been disregarded for Ephemeroptera.