English > odonate: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings. |
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Member of | Odonata, order Odonata | dragonflies and damselflies |
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Narrower | damselfly | slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest |
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dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent / iridescent wings that are outspread at rest |
Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
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Spanish | odonato, odonatos |
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Catalan | odonat |
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