Dragonfly Definition

drăgən-flī
dragonflies
noun
dragonflies
Any of an order (Odonata) or suborder (Anisoptera) of large insects, harmless to people, having narrow, transparent, net-veined wings and feeding mostly on flies, mosquitoes, etc. while in flight.
Webster's New World

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

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dragonfly
Plural:
dragonflies

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