Dragonfly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various large insects of the order Odonata or suborder Anisoptera, having a long slender body and two pairs of narrow, net-veined wings that are usually held outstretched while the insect is at rest. Also called regionally darner, darning needle, devil's darning needle, ear sewer, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, spindle.
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  • n. An insect of the suborder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.
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  • n. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    odonate   
    Cross Reference
    damselfly    Odonata    Anisoptera   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ear sewer    skeeter hawk    mosquito hawk    horse-stinger    snake feeder    snake doctor    needle    devil's darning needle    darner    darning needle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pink-footed    twinkly    zebra-striped    hardish    follo    footie    batlike    queens'    cartouche    pigeons'   
     
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