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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dragon-fly.
 - noun The night-hawk, a caprimulgine bird, Chordeiles popetue, or some other species of the same genus.
 
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- noun US, regional  A 
dragonfly . 
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- noun mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
 - noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
 
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