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Odonata
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O`don´a`ta
n. pl.1.(Zool.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.
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Noun1.Odonata - dragonflies and damselfliesOdonata - dragonflies and damselflies          
order Odonata
animal order - the order of animals
class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
Anisoptera, suborder Anisoptera - dragonflies
suborder Zygoptera, Zygoptera - damselflies
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