brown drake

noun

The lake fly Ephemera simulans, a large mayfly.

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Meanings

nounbrown drake (plural brown drakes)

plural brown drakes

  1. The lake fly Ephemera simulans, a large mayfly.

    On the South Fork of the Snake River, I begin to see brown drakes on the surface starting in May. […] the Snake does not have many brown drakes, due to a lack of ideal riverbed substrate.

    2013, Boots Allen, Snake River Flies: Eighty Years of Proven Patterns for a ...

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lake fly
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