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 Definitions of dragonfly  [ˈdræg ənˌflaɪ]  

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

1. (n.) dragonfly
any nonstinging insect of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), distinguished from the damselfly by having the wings open when at rest.

Etymology:  (1620–30)

Definition of 'dragonfly' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.


Definition of 'dragonfly' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) dragonfly
an insect with a long thin body and transparent wings.


Translation of 'dragonfly' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a kind of insect with a long body and double wings.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: naaldekoker Arabic flag Arabic: يَعْسوب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: водно конче
Brazilian flag Brazilian: libélula Czech flag Czech: vážka German flag German: die Libelle
Danish flag Danish: guldsmed Greek flag Greek: λιβελούλη Spanish flag Spanish: libélula
Estonian flag Estonian: kiil Farsi flag Farsi: سنجاقک Finnish flag Finnish: sudenkorento
French flag French: libellule Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׁפִּירִית Hindi flag Hindi: व्याध पंतग
Croatian flag Croatian: vilin konjic Hungarian flag Hungarian: szitakötő Indonesian flag Indonesian: capung
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Korean flag Korean: 잠자리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žirgelis, laumžirgis, skė Latvian flag Latvian: spāre
Malay flag Malay: pepatung Dutch flag Dutch: libel Norwegian flag Norwegian: øyenstikker
Polish flag Polish: ważka Persian flag Persian: سنجاقک Pashto flag Pashto: سنجاق
Portuguese flag Portuguese: libelinha Romanian flag Romanian: libelulă Russian flag Russian: стрекоза
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Swedish flag Swedish: trollslända Thai flag Thai: แมลงปอ Turkish flag Turkish: yusufçuk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 蜻蜓 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бабка Urdu flag Urdu: بھنبھیری جیسا حشرہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con chuồn chuồn Chinese flag Chinese: 蜻蜓

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'dragonfly' - Nearby Entries  

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