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
: an insect of the order Odonata
nymphs of certain of the larger odonates … capture and eat small fish — Biological Abstracts
: 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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.