Did you mayhaps mean Odonata?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of the large predacious winged insects of the order Odonata, which includes the dragonflies and damselflies, characterized by long brightly colored bodies, two pairs of membranous wings, and large compound eyes.
- adj. Of or belonging to the order Odonata.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
Etymologies
- From New Latin Odōnata, order name, from Greek odōn, tooth; see -odon. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He is particularly fascinated by butterfly ecology, bird evolution and diversity, odonate habitat choice and breeding, and adaptation to the sea shore by a wide variety of animals, as well as being a keen plantsman (species only, though!).”
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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
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Uncle John’s Interesting Words
Words I find interesting.
abecedarius, acomoclitic, aperçu, apophenia, aspic, bêtise, bhang, callipygian, calque, carking, cataphract, ceruminous and 97 more...
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dragonfly names
mosquito hawk, darner, skeeter hawk, ear sewer, libellule, libelle, hooli, comet darner, roseate skimmer, downy emerald, scarce chaser, keeled skimmer and 50 more...
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