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 Definitions of damselfly  [ˈdæm zəlˌflaɪ]  

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Definition of 'damselfly' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) damselfly
any of numerous slender, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Zygoptera), distinguished from the dragonflies by having the wings folded back in line with the body when at rest.

Etymology:  (1805–15)

Definition of 'damselfly' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) damselfly
slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest


Translation of 'damselfly' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an insect with a long thin body found near water.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: waterjuffer Arabic flag Arabic: حَشَرةٌ تعيشُ قُرْبَ الما Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вид водно насекомо
Brazilian flag Brazilian: libélula Czech flag Czech: motýlice German flag German: die Jungfernlibelle
Danish flag Danish: vandnymfe Greek flag Greek: λιβελούλη Spanish flag Spanish: libélula
Estonian flag Estonian: taolistiivaline kiil Farsi flag Farsi: سنجاقک رنگین Finnish flag Finnish: yhtäläissiipinen
French flag French: libellule Hebrew flag Hebrew: שַׁפִּירִית Hindi flag Hindi: एक कीड़ा
Croatian flag Croatian: konjska smrt Hungarian flag Hungarian: szitakötő Indonesian flag Indonesian: capung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: damla Italian flag Italian: libellula Japanese flag Japanese: イトトンボ
Korean flag Korean: 실잠자리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žirgelis Malay flag Malay: pepatung
Dutch flag Dutch: waterjuffer Norwegian flag Norwegian: vannymfe Polish flag Polish: ważka
Persian flag Persian: يك نوع پرنده Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول مارغه Portuguese flag Portuguese: libelinha
Romanian flag Romanian: libelulă Russian flag Russian: стрекоза Slovak flag Slovak: šidlo
Slovenian flag Slovenian: kačji pastir Serbian flag Serbian: barska mušica Swedish flag Swedish: jungfruslända, flicksländ
Thai flag Thai: แมลงปอเข็ม Turkish flag Turkish: kız böceği Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 豆娘,蜻蛉(蜻蜓一類的)
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бабка Urdu flag Urdu: پانی کے قریب پایا جانے وا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sinh vật thân dài sống gầ
Chinese flag Chinese: 豆娘,蜻蛉(青蜓一类的)

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damp-proof course  dampness  damsel  damselfish  damselfly  damson  damson plum  



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