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Definition of Dragonfly

1. Noun. Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc..

Definition of Dragonfly

1. Noun. An insect of the suborder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dragonfly

1. [n -FLIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dragonfly

Literary usage of Dragonfly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Challenging Horizons: Qantas 1939-1954 by John Gunn (1987)
"The dragonfly was based at Daly Waters about two hundred miles (321.8 km) ... The inland Cloncurry-Daly Waters weekly service with dragonfly aircraft was ..."

2. ... Directions for Collecting and Preserving Specimens of Dragonflies for by Edward Bruce Williamson (1916)
"dragonfly habitats.—Years ago the writer heard Dr. ... Remembering, in conclusion, that it has been truly said of the dragonfly collector, "all things come ..."

3. A Treasury of Canadian Verse: With Brief Biographical Notes by Theodore H Rand (1900)
"... THEODORE HARDING RAND THE dragonfly WINGED wonder of motion In splendor of sheen, Cruising the shining ..."

4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"59 Bibliography 62 In the course of an ecological study of the dragonfly nymphs of Cascadilla Creek, made at Cornell University in 1912-13, the results of ..."

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