mayfly
/ˈmeɪflaɪ/noun
उच्चारण मेफ़्लाइ
मेफ़्लाई, अल्पजीवी कीट
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a small insect that lives near water, and that lives for only a very short time as an adult
मेफ़्लाई, अल्पजीवी कीट
- Adult mayflies live for only a day or two.
- Fame in the film world can be as short-lived as a mayfly.
- The fish rose to catch a mayfly on the surface of the stream.
+ 2 more examples
- Mayflies spend most of their lives as young insects under the water.
- Anglers often use an artificial mayfly to catch trout.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a mayfly (countable noun); plural mayflies
A mayfly is a small winged insect; the plural changes y to ies.
Mayfly एक छोटा पंखों वाला कीट है; इसका plural y को ies करके mayflies बनता है।
- A mayfly rested on the leaf by the pond.
- Thousands of mayflies rose from the river at dusk.
short-lived like a mayfly / live as long as a mayfly
Because an adult mayfly lives only a day or so, the word is used to describe anything short-lived.
वयस्क mayfly केवल एक दिन के आसपास जीवित रहती है, इसलिए यह शब्द किसी भी अल्पकालिक चीज़ के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है।
- Fame in films can be as short as a mayfly's life.
- The company's success was brief, like a mayfly.
mayfly + noun (noun modifier)
Before a noun it names things connected with the insect, such as larva, hatch or season.
Noun के पहले यह उस कीट से जुड़ी चीज़ें बताता है, जैसे larva, hatch या season।
- Fish feed heavily during the mayfly hatch.
- The mayfly larva lives underwater for a year.
mayfly and the month May
The name suggests May, but in India and many places mayflies appear in other months. The word is one word with a lower-case m.
नाम से May महीने का संकेत मिलता है, पर भारत सहित कई जगह mayflies अन्य महीनों में भी दिखती हैं। शब्द एक ही है और छोटे m से लिखा जाता है।
- The mayflies appeared after the first monsoon showers.
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mayfly + noun
larvanymphhatchswarmwing
- A mayfly nymph lives in clean water for many months.
adjective + mayfly
tinydelicateadultwingedshort-lived
- The adult mayfly cannot even eat.
verb + mayfly
hatchswarmemergediefly
- Mayflies emerge from the river in huge numbers.
like a mayfly
live likefade likevanish likerise like
- Many online trends fade like a mayfly.
mayfly + habitat
pondstreamriverlake
- The mayfly lives near a clean pond or a slow river.
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- An adult mayfly lives only for a day or two.
वयस्क mayfly केवल एक-दो दिन जीवित रहती है।
- The presence of mayflies shows that the river water is clean.
Mayflies की उपस्थिति बताती है कि नदी का पानी स्वच्छ है।
- Radhika observed a mayfly through the lens of her school microscope.
राधिका ने अपने स्कूल के सूक्ष्मदर्शी के लेंस से एक mayfly को देखा।
- The poet compared human life to a mayfly's single day.
कवि ने मानव जीवन की तुलना mayfly के एक दिन से की।
- Fishermen choose their bait carefully during the mayfly hatch.
mayfly के अंडों से निकलने के समय मछुआरे अपना चारा सोच-समझकर चुनते हैं।
- Anglers say that the mayfly is the best sign of a healthy stream.
मछली पकड़ने वाले कहते हैं कि mayfly स्वस्थ धारा का सबसे अच्छा संकेत है।
- The mayflies danced above the water in the evening light.
शाम की रोशनी में mayflies पानी के ऊपर नाच रही थीं।
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✗ Hundreds of mayfly were flying near the lamp.
✓ Hundreds of mayflies were flying near the lamp.
The plural of mayfly is mayflies.
Mayfly का plural mayflies है।