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odonate
noun
large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
Hypernyms: ↑insect
Hyponyms:
dragonfly, ↑darning needle, ↑devil's darning needle, ↑sewing needle, ↑snake feeder, ↑snake doctor, ↑mosquito hawk, ↑skeeter hawk, ↑damselfly
Member Holonyms: ↑Odonata, ↑order Odonata

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I. \\ˈōdənˌāt, -_ə̇t\ noun (-s)
Usage: sometimes capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Odonata
: an insect of the order Odonata

nymphs of certain of the larger odonates … capture and eat small fish — Biological Abstracts

II. adjective
: of or relating to the Odonata

odonate larvae

odonate nymphs

odonate life

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/ohd"n ayt', oh don"ayt/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the order Odonata, comprising the damselflies and dragonflies.
n.
2. any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
[ < NL Odonata (1792), irreg. < Gk odón TOOTH + NL -ata -ATA1]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.