Dragonfly

Definitions

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

Equivalents

Examples

“There were two dragonflies in the garden today.”

“The delicate coloured Dragon Flies may have⟳ likewise some Corrosive quality.”

“The sapphire needled dragonflies That flirt with the crested newt! And now before his newtly nose, […]”

“Stacey Combes, who studies the biomechanics of dragonfly flight at Harvard, once watched a laboratory dragonfly eat⟳ 30 flies in a row.”

“As the airboat skimmed across the shallow water, scattering blue dragonflies and launching a heron into the air, Keith Price squinted into the sun and relished the isolation of Florida’s unrivaled river of grass.”

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