noun
hēmĕrŏbĭon
Meaning
- an insect that lives but a day
hēmĕrŏbĭon, ĭi, n., = ἡμερόβιον,
I. an insect that lives but a day, an ephemeron:
erumpit volucre quadrupes, nec ultra unum diem vivit, unde hemerobion vocatur, Plin. 11, 36, 43, § 120.