Hyphenation of shadfly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word shadfly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

shad-fly

Definitions of shadfly:

1.	Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days

Synonyms of shadfly:

noun	mayfly, dayfly, ephemerid, ephemeropteran

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.