Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dayfly

Dayfly (dā"flī`) , noun

(Zoology) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.