Shadfly (Noun)
Meaning
Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Adult shadflies are usually harmless to humans, while the larvae can be aquatic pests.
- Shadflies emerge in massive swarms near bodies of water during certain times of the year.
- The life cycle of a shadfly consists of three stages: egg, aquatic larval stage, and terrestrial adult stage.
- The short lifespan of adult shadflies leaves them almost no time for reproduction.
- The night swarms of shadflies near the lake were overwhelming, blanketing everything outside in white and gray specks.