mayflyn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪflʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪˌflaɪ/

Forms: see May n.² and fly n.¹ Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: May n.², fly n.¹

Etymology: < May n.² + fly n.¹

†1. A caddis fly. Also: an alder fly. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Neuroptera > suborder Megaloptera > family Sianidae

mayfly1640

man-eater1890

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Trichoptera > family Phryganeidae or genus Phryganea > member of (caddis-fly)

mayfly1640

water moth1668

trout-fly1746

cadew1775

caddis-fly1787

caseworm fly1828

caperer1856

1640 G. Sandys in tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) 286 Cod-bates and Straw-bates which lye under water [convert] into May-flies.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. ix. 282 Phryganeæ [in their imago state are called] may-flies (though this last denomination properly belongs only to the Sialis lutaria..and Ephemeræ).

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. ix. 295 [The larvæ] of the true may-fly (Semblis lutaria, F.)..use their legs in swimming.

2. Any of various insects of the order Ephemoptera, having aquatic larvae and short-lived adults which are unique in moulting after functional wings have been acquired, and are usually found near ponds and streams, the males performing a characteristic bobbing mating flight; (Angling) the adult of either of two ephemerids, Ephemera danica and E. vulgata; an artificial fly made in imitation of one of these.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies

stone-flya1450

ant-fly1653

hawthorn-fly1653

mayfly1653

oak fly1653

wall-fly1653

pismire-fly1670

cow-lady1676

mayfly1676

owl fly1676

brown1681

cow-turd-fly1684

trout-fly1746

orl fly1747

hazel fly?1758

iron-blue fly?1758

red spinner?1758

Welshman's button?1758

buzz1760

Yellow Sally1766

ash-fly1787

black caterpillar1787

cow-dung fly1787

sharn-fly1787

spinner1787

woodcock-fly1787

huzzard1799

knop-fly1799

mackerel1799

watchet1799

iron blue1826

knob fly1829

mackerel fly1829

March brown1837

cinnamon fly1867

quill gnat1867

sedge-fly1867

cob-fly1870

woodcock wing1888

sedge1889

olive1895

quill1899

nymph1910

green weenie1977

Montana1987

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > family Ephemeridae > member of

day-fly1585

mayfly1653

bank-bait1758

1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 6 As for the May-Flie, you shall have them alwayes playing at the River side.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 115 First for a May-flie, you may make his body with greenish coloured crewel.

1747 R. Bowlker Art Angling 64 The May Fly..with a long forked Tail made with the Hair or Whisks of a Fitchow's Tail.

1789 G. White Naturalist's Summer-Evening Walk in Nat. Hist. Selborne 68 What time the may-fly haunts the pool or stream.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports §650 Caddies are the larvæ of the ephemera, or May-fly, as well as the stone-fly and the caddis-fly.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 194 The May Fly or Green Drake, called in Wales the Cadow.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker Prol. 8 Through all, the names of schooners and their captains, will keep coming and going, thick as may-flies.

1936 Discovery Feb. 43/1 On northern streams the Stone Fly and Alder Fly are more numerous, among acquatic insects forming fish food, than the May Fly.

1990 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 12/3 There may be exceptions, usually at mayfly time, when the big boys come much closer to the surface.

3. Angling. A stonefly; (also) an artificial fly made in imitation of this.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies

stone-flya1450

ant-fly1653

hawthorn-fly1653

mayfly1653

oak fly1653

wall-fly1653

pismire-fly1670

cow-lady1676

mayfly1676

owl fly1676

brown1681

cow-turd-fly1684

trout-fly1746

orl fly1747

hazel fly?1758

iron-blue fly?1758

red spinner?1758

Welshman's button?1758

buzz1760

Yellow Sally1766

ash-fly1787

black caterpillar1787

cow-dung fly1787

sharn-fly1787

spinner1787

woodcock-fly1787

huzzard1799

knop-fly1799

mackerel1799

watchet1799

iron blue1826

knob fly1829

mackerel fly1829

March brown1837

cinnamon fly1867

quill gnat1867

sedge-fly1867

cob-fly1870

woodcock wing1888

sedge1889

olive1895

quill1899

nymph1910

green weenie1977

Montana1987

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler vii. 62 in Universal Angler ii Here it is that you are to expect an account of the Green Drake, and stone-flie,..and some others that are peculiar to this month [sc. May]..and so, that it is yet undecided amongst the Anglers to which of the pretenders to the Title of the May-flie, it does properly, and duly belong.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 258 The Stone or May Fly, the body make of black Wool.., and the Whings make of a Drake's Down.

1952 J. R. Harris Angler's Entomol. xviii. 169 In the north of England these flies [sc. Stone-flies] are called the Mayfly, and provide some of the best fishing of the year.

1961 A. C. Williams Dict. Trout Flies (ed. 3) 242 It may be as well to point out that in Scotland, the border counties, and throughout Yorkshire and Lancashire, the name mayfly is commonly used for the stone-fly (Perla maxima).

†4. A dragonfly. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly)

adderbolt1483

dragonfly1626

bolt-head1668

libella1694

devil's needle1745

mayfly1747

horse-stinger1773

devil's darning-needle1809

demoiselle1835

adder1876

odonate1890

odonatan1944

1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 329 The May Flies, a Species of Libella.

1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 400 A further Account of the Libellæ or May-flies, from Mr. John Bartram of Pensylvania.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mayfly
释义	mayflyn. Brit. /ˈmeɪflʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪˌflaɪ/ Forms: see May n.² and fly n.¹ Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: May n.², fly n.¹ Etymology: < May n.² + fly n.¹ †1. A caddis fly. Also: an alder fly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Neuroptera > suborder Megaloptera > family Sianidae mayfly1640 man-eater1890 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Trichoptera > family Phryganeidae or genus Phryganea > member of (caddis-fly) mayfly1640 water moth1668 trout-fly1746 cadew1775 caddis-fly1787 caseworm fly1828 caperer1856 1640 G. Sandys in tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) 286 Cod-bates and Straw-bates which lye under water [convert] into May-flies. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. ix. 282 Phryganeæ [in their imago state are called] may-flies (though this last denomination properly belongs only to the Sialis lutaria..and Ephemeræ). 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. ix. 295 [The larvæ] of the true may-fly (Semblis lutaria, F.)..use their legs in swimming. 2. Any of various insects of the order Ephemoptera, having aquatic larvae and short-lived adults which are unique in moulting after functional wings have been acquired, and are usually found near ponds and streams, the males performing a characteristic bobbing mating flight; (Angling) the adult of either of two ephemerids, Ephemera danica and E. vulgata; an artificial fly made in imitation of one of these. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies stone-flya1450 ant-fly1653 hawthorn-fly1653 mayfly1653 oak fly1653 wall-fly1653 pismire-fly1670 cow-lady1676 mayfly1676 owl fly1676 brown1681 cow-turd-fly1684 trout-fly1746 orl fly1747 hazel fly?1758 iron-blue fly?1758 red spinner?1758 Welshman's button?1758 buzz1760 Yellow Sally1766 ash-fly1787 black caterpillar1787 cow-dung fly1787 sharn-fly1787 spinner1787 woodcock-fly1787 huzzard1799 knop-fly1799 mackerel1799 watchet1799 iron blue1826 knob fly1829 mackerel fly1829 March brown1837 cinnamon fly1867 quill gnat1867 sedge-fly1867 cob-fly1870 woodcock wing1888 sedge1889 olive1895 quill1899 nymph1910 green weenie1977 Montana1987 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > family Ephemeridae > member of day-fly1585 mayfly1653 bank-bait1758 1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 6 As for the May-Flie, you shall have them alwayes playing at the River side. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 115 First for a May-flie, you may make his body with greenish coloured crewel. View more context for this quotation 1747 R. Bowlker Art Angling 64 The May Fly..with a long forked Tail made with the Hair or Whisks of a Fitchow's Tail. 1789 G. White Naturalist's Summer-Evening Walk in Nat. Hist. Selborne 68 What time the may-fly haunts the pool or stream. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports §650 Caddies are the larvæ of the ephemera, or May-fly, as well as the stone-fly and the caddis-fly. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 194 The May Fly or Green Drake, called in Wales the Cadow. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker Prol. 8 Through all, the names of schooners and their captains, will keep coming and going, thick as may-flies. 1936 Discovery Feb. 43/1 On northern streams the Stone Fly and Alder Fly are more numerous, among acquatic insects forming fish food, than the May Fly. 1990 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 12/3 There may be exceptions, usually at mayfly time, when the big boys come much closer to the surface. 3. Angling. A stonefly; (also) an artificial fly made in imitation of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies stone-flya1450 ant-fly1653 hawthorn-fly1653 mayfly1653 oak fly1653 wall-fly1653 pismire-fly1670 cow-lady1676 mayfly1676 owl fly1676 brown1681 cow-turd-fly1684 trout-fly1746 orl fly1747 hazel fly?1758 iron-blue fly?1758 red spinner?1758 Welshman's button?1758 buzz1760 Yellow Sally1766 ash-fly1787 black caterpillar1787 cow-dung fly1787 sharn-fly1787 spinner1787 woodcock-fly1787 huzzard1799 knop-fly1799 mackerel1799 watchet1799 iron blue1826 knob fly1829 mackerel fly1829 March brown1837 cinnamon fly1867 quill gnat1867 sedge-fly1867 cob-fly1870 woodcock wing1888 sedge1889 olive1895 quill1899 nymph1910 green weenie1977 Montana1987 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler vii. 62 in Universal Angler ii Here it is that you are to expect an account of the Green Drake, and stone-flie,..and some others that are peculiar to this month [sc. May]..and so, that it is yet undecided amongst the Anglers to which of the pretenders to the Title of the May-flie, it does properly, and duly belong. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 258 The Stone or May Fly, the body make of black Wool.., and the Whings make of a Drake's Down. 1952 J. R. Harris Angler's Entomol. xviii. 169 In the north of England these flies [sc. Stone-flies] are called the Mayfly, and provide some of the best fishing of the year. 1961 A. C. Williams Dict. Trout Flies (ed. 3) 242 It may be as well to point out that in Scotland, the border counties, and throughout Yorkshire and Lancashire, the name mayfly is commonly used for the stone-fly (Perla maxima). †4. A dragonfly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly) adderbolt1483 dragonfly1626 bolt-head1668 libella1694 devil's needle1745 mayfly1747 horse-stinger1773 devil's darning-needle1809 demoiselle1835 adder1876 odonate1890 odonatan1944 1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 329 The May Flies, a Species of Libella. 1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 400 A further Account of the Libellæ or May-flies, from Mr. John Bartram of Pensylvania. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1640
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