Definition of "dayfly" []

• See mayfly. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Bloodless and many footed animals, whether furnished with wings or feet, move with more than four points of motion; as, for instance, the dayfly moves with four feet and four wings: and, I may observe in passing, this creature is exceptional not only in regard to the duration of its existence, whence it receives its name, but also because though a quadruped it has wings also."
• "The 22-year-old manual worker has been living like a "dayfly," as he calls it, barely making a living enough for a day."
• "Dazzled, the dayfly flutters round your wick, crackles, flares and cries: I bless this torch!"