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dam·sel·fly (d

l-fl

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Any of various often brightly colored, predatory insects having a long slender body and elongated wings that fold together when the insect is at rest. Also called demoiselle, devil's darning needle.

damselfly [ˈdæmz^əlˌflaɪ]

n pl -flies

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata

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Noun

damselfly - slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest

odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings

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damselfly

n → Seejungfer f, → Schlankjungfer f

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Anisoptera class Hexapoda class Insecta damsel demoiselle devil's darning needle dragonfly fly Hexapoda Insecta naiad Odonata odonate order Odonata suborder Anisoptera suborder Zygoptera Zygoptera			Some 500 southern damselflies have been released by Devon Wildlife Trust over the past week at Venn Ottery Nature Reserve, east Devon. Fly's future-proofing by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Byline: George Barnes PETERSHAM - It wasn't like the rest of the day was wasted - 29 species of dragonflies and damselflies found and identified - but the payoff came Saturday afternoon in the East Branch of the Swift River. Riffle snaketail dragonfly found; First of species seen in Petersham by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) 9781933855141 Dragonflies and damselflies of the Southwest. Dragonflies and damselflies of the Southwest by SciTech Book News			damp damp course damp off Damp sheet damp-proof damp-proof course dampcourse dampen dampener dampening damper damper block Dampier damping damping off damping off fungus dampish damply Dampne dampness Dampy Damrosch damsel damsel bug damselfish Damselflies damselfly damson damson cheese damson plum damson plum tree Dan Dan River dan runner Dan. Dana Danae Danaë Danaea danaid danaid butterfly Danaidae Danaide Danaides Danaite Danakil Danalite Danau Danaus Danaüs Danaus plexippus			Damrong Radhanuphab Damrosch Damrosch, Frank Heino Damrosch, Leopold Damrosch, Walter Damrosch, Walter Damrosch, Walter Johannes DAMRUS dams dams dams dams dams dams dams DAMS-2 damsel Damsel Bug Damsel Bug damsel bugs Damsel fish Damsel fish Damsel fly Damsel fly Damsel fly Damsel in distress damselfish damselfish damselfishes damselfishes Damselflies damselfly damselfly damselfly damsels damsels in distress damsels in distress Damsire Damsire DAMSL damson damson damson damson cheese damson plum damson plum tree damson tree damson tree damson tree damson trees damson trees damson trees damsons damsons damsons Damstadium Damstadium Damstadium DAMT DAMTA DAMTCA

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