Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ephemeral .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the ephemeral flies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of the
ephemeral flies .
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Examples
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He breathes out, and the Universe flames forth with all her wings -- her suns and clusters of suns -- down to her mote-like earth, the butterfly of space, trimmed with its gaudy seasons, and nourishing on its back the parasitical ephemeran, Man!
Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Olive Tilford Dargan 1918
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