odonate
Noun
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Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings (synset 102270800)
is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropodsubtypes:
- darning needle, devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- damselfly - slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
belongs to: odonata, order odonata - dragonflies and damselflies
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