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“The shows title ephemeroptera also refers to the short life span of the adult mayfly, which only lasts from thirty minutes to one day depending on the species.”
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• De rerum natura
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Interesting words in nature and natural science (in any language!).
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You can add species names that you lov...lagerstätte, parthenogenesis, bushbaby, lepidoptera, dinoflagellate, pupation, chrysalis, ephemeroptera, deinococcus radio..., homoplasy, sciophilous, syncytium and 218 more...
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Flightful Forays
trips from El Nido
vireo, tanager, scaup, lark, killdear, falcon, cormorant, becard, avocet, accipiter, peregrine, remex and 135 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Bits and pieces
neverwasbian, proddywoddy, militant relativism, cverglan, điđe-miđe, goomba, churlsome, skancewards, luftmensch, šmizla, sbc, villayet and 567 more...
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Animals With Nifty Names
hamster, gerbil, ferret, horse, skink, newt, shark, octopus, weasel, panda, giraffe, hyena and 129 more...
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noele's list
vertiginous, verdant, mellifluous, serpentine, verdigris, traject, amaranthine, luminous, phosphorescent, temerous, cerulean, shapeshifter and 531 more...
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Great Creature Names2
whistling swan, horned vipers, amphipods, blue-spotted boxfish, amberjacks, common suckers, flying fish, fantail flounders, little woodstars, starry sturgeons, alabama shads, red-bellied racers and 27 more...
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All Manner of Lovely Insect Words
instar, ephemeroptera, pterostigma, hymenoptera, coleoptera, dictyoptera, hexapoda, orthoptera, phasmida, embioptera, diptera, lepidoptera and 8 more...
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Words that are interesting to think a...
epigraphic, slake, hazmat, word, whimsical, demagogue, alchemist, vitriol, asymptote, sophomania, panoply, capricious and 10 more...
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melcarroll's list
Magpies
mellifluous, obtuse, ephemeral, translucent, anchorite, limerence, ephemeroptera, eclectic, saturniid, luminescent, incandescent, irridescent and 39 more...
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Euphony & Honey
caliginous, diaphanous, gossamer, aestivate, adumbrate, syzygy, sussurous, scintillate, tortuous, convoluted, petrichor, nebulochaotic and 22 more...
Tweets
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wordwench Love. Want. Am. Mar 3, 2009
valse According to a play my high school put on a few years ago in which two mayflies have a decidedly brief tryst (it's a bit hazy now), it's about 24 hours. Yeah, I guess I went to a pretty wacky school. Feb 20, 2007
seanahan The poetic ephemeral means lasting for a short time, and the mayfly has a very short life span, thus the connection. Feb 19, 2007
valse What a beautifully expressive word for a mayfly. Feb 19, 2007