What is fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual called?
fugacious — (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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