English Explanatory Dictionary

odonate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any carnivorous insect of the order Odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly.

Word forms

odonate odonates

Etymology

From translingual Odonata, from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles.

Synonyms

dragonfly
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