http://wordie.org/words/ephemeroptera Comments for the word 'Ephemeroptera' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/ephemeroptera#comments 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. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:37:27 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/ephemeroptera#comments http://wordie.org/words/ephemeroptera#comments The poetic <a href="/words/ephemeral">ephemeral</a> means lasting for a short time, and the mayfly has a very short life span, thus the connection. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:38:46 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/ephemeroptera#comments http://wordie.org/words/ephemeroptera#comments What a beautifully expressive word for a mayfly. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:15:18 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/ephemeroptera#comments