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s | mayfly |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun mayfly is

any of the many fragile insects of the order ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    mayfly

    English

    (wikipedia mayfly)

    Noun

    (mayflies)
  • Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
  • * 2002 , John Gooderham, Edward Tsyrlin, The Waterbug Book , page 132,
  • Adult mayflies' have large compound eyes and most have two pairs of wings.' Mayfly nymphs are distinguished by their three tails (two cerci and a terminal filament) and the set of gills on each side of their abdomen.
  • * 2005 , Terry Hellekson, Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art , page 213,
  • Mayflies are fragile, gossamer-winged insects that arise from bodies of water and often swarm in great numbers.
  • * 2010 , Barbara L. Peckarsky, J. David Allan, Angus R. McIntosh, Brad W. Taylor, Chapter 9: Understanding the Role of Predation in Open Systems'', Ian Billick, Mary V. Price (editors), ''The Ecology of Place , page 195,
  • Stoneflies have negligible consumptive (thin solid line) and behavioral effects (thin dashed line) on mayfly' abundance. Consumption by trout decreases the abundance of '''mayflies''' (solid line), but trout suppress ' mayfly emigration (drift) and thereby increase their abundance (thick dashed line).

    Synonyms

    * (any species of Ephemeroptera) shadfly

    See also

    * (mayfly) hatch