Usually means: Insect emerging briefly, swarming rivers.
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  1. shadfly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. shadfly: Vocabulary.com
  3. shadfly: Wiktionary
  4. shadfly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. shadfly: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. shadfly: Dictionary.com
  7. shadfly: Rhymezone
  8. shadfly: FreeDictionary.org
  9. shadfly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. shadfly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shadfly: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  mayfly

Similar:
dayfly, mayfly, fishfly, stablefly, shad frog, lake fly, rail fly, whame fly, sedge fly, flower-fly, more...

Opposite:
sunfish, bass, trout

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Similar:
dayfly, mayfly, fishfly, stablefly, shad frog, lake fly, rail fly, whame fly, sedge fly, flower-fly, more...

Opposite:
sunfish, bass, trout



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