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DRAGONFLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Synonyms:
darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dragonfly" is a kind of...):
odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)