dragonfly en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-der. Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai Ancient Greek δέρκομαι (dérkomai) Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn)der. Latin dracōslbor. Old French dragonbor. Middle English dragoun English dragon Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganądeverb. Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ Proto-West Germanic *fleugā Old English flēoge Middle English flye English fly English dragonfly From dragon + fly. Compare drakefly (“mayfly”).
Meanings
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An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
The delicate coloured Dragon Flies may have likewise some Corrosive quality.
1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:There were two dragonflies in the garden today.
As the airboat skimmed across the shallow water, scattering blue dragonflies and launching a heron into the air, Keith Price squinted into the sun and relished the isolation of Florida’s unrivaled river of grass.
2016 June 11, Lizette Alvarez, “In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs”, in The New York Times:The sapphire needled dragonflies That flirt with the crested newt! And now before his newtly nose, […]
1897, Thomas Wright, The Acid Sisters: And Other Poems, page 93:Stacey Combes, who studies the biomechanics of dragonfly flight at Harvard, once watched a laboratory dragonfly eat 30 flies in a row.
2013 April 1, Natalie Angier, “Nature’s Drone, Pretty and Deadly”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dragon-fly | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dragonflies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
Relateds
damselfly · Anisoptera · Odonata
Synonyms
witch doctor (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · adderbolt (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · battimamselle (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · horse-stinger (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · skeeter hawk (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · needle (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · mosquito hawk (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · darning needle (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · spindle (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · dining needle (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · ear sewer (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · snake doctor (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · mosquito fly (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · devil's needle (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · snake feeder (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · darner (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) · devil's darning needle (insect of infraorder Anisoptera)
Translations (204)
sms čuõškkvuâppai (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · bn ফড়িং (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ksw ကွဲၢ်မိၢ်ဘီ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tr kızböceği (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ab аӡахы́баа (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sed xing xông (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ncj icahuayo in ahmo cuali tlacatl (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sh вилин коњиц (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · bdq klo 'ba (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · pl ważka (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ca barratgina f. (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tg сӯзанак (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ncj isayol in atl (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ksw ကွဲၢ်လဲၢ်ဘီ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nl libel (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · la libellula (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ca teixidor (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nv tániilʼáí (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gcf zingzing (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · he שַׁפִּירִית (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · pau chemaiong (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cku hachootiniili (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · taa tthedlek'o' (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cjs сур (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ml തുമ്പി (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sq pilivesë (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tr dambıra (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · pt libélula (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lo ປໍ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kne lallao (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gl libélula (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ceb helikopter (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ru стрекоза́ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lb Libell (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · fr libellule (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · bcl alibangbang (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ro libelulă (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · izh suenkorento (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ja 蜻蛉 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · da guldsmed (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · uz soʻzanak (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · acw يَعْسُوب (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · km កន្ទុំរុយ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ast caballín del diañu (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mk вилино коњче (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ncj sayolatl (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · be страказа́ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ms capung (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sa प्राचिका (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · uz ninachi (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nan-hbl 田嬰 /田婴 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kla qoqdinks (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · fo gullsmiður (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ota یوسفجك (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ky ийнелик (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ca libèl·lula (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nb øyestikker (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mt ħelikopter (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sl kačji pastir (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · hak 揚尾仔 /扬尾仔 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · el λιβελλούλη (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · bg во́дно ко́нче (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cy gwas y neidr (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ml കല്ലൻതുമ്പി (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ca cavall de serp (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · uk ва́жка (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ja トンボ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mn соно (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · akl tambibidli (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · br nadoz-aer (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gd cuileag-lasrach (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tl tutubi (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kqe antotobig (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lt laumžirgis (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · hil tumbak-tumbak (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · de Libelle (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · et kiil (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mt mazzarell (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gd tarbh-nathrach (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gl cabalo do demo (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kne ayyoyogan (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · dz གནམ་གྲུ་འབུཔ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ast cortanarices (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ta தட்டான் (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ka ჭრიჭინა (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · izh suenkorenta (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ceb alindanaw (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ceb handanaw (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · hi व्याध पतंग (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · fa بمبیرک (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · haw pīnao (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lv spāre (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · vi chuồn chuồn (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · myv салмуксонь салы (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · as জিয়াঁ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ca tallanassos (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ltg spuorņs (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · zai xhumpirinisa (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · io libelulo (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ilo billobillo (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · wo xund-xund (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · eu burruntzi (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tk teneçir (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · as জিঞাঁ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · unm wehùpòktis (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · zu uzekamanzi class 1a/2a (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lt strėlikė (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mi uruururoroa (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · af naaldekoker (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sh vilin konjic (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · az iynəcə (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · akz hatokwassi (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mt debba tax-xitan (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ms pepatung (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ta தும்பி (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kpv юрси гусь (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gd tarbhan-nathrach (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lt žirgelis (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kne kalkaltongan (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cs vážka (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nn augestikkar (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · oj oboodashkwaanishiinh (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mg angidina (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · dsb bogowy kónik (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ka ნემსიყლაპია (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · knb belliling (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · br marc'h-aer (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · hu szitakötő (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nhx tzoncalhuihuitani (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tr yusufçuk (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tr çamcarı (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · pac tang tuiq (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · pam tulang (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · yue 蜻蜓 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nb øyenstikker (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tr helikopter böceği (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · hy ճպուռ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ar يَعْسُوب (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · jje 밥주리 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gcf zinglèt (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · dwu ḏikarr (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · war tambuburay (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cdm दुय्ला (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · el λιβελούλα (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · es pipilacha (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sv trollslända (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · te తూనీగ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nhx a̱tzóncal (Tatahuicapan) (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cmn 蜻蜓 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · it libellula (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · pt lavadeira (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ast cortañarices (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cjm ꨈꨮꩌ ꨈꨮꩊ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kmr zencere (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · my ပုစဉ်း (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · vo libelul (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · eo libelo (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · nn augnestikkar (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ca espiadimonis (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · de Wasserjungfer (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lt skėtė (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mh boub (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · gsw Gufeschisser (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · fa سنجاقک (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · lo ແມງປໍ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · bcl atibagros (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · zai sumpirinisa (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ckv putit (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sh vilinski konjic (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · is drekafluga (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ko 잠자리 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · atv сенъирткеш (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · cmn 丁丁貓兒 /丁丁猫儿 (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kk инелік (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · yo lámilámi (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ga snáthaid mhór (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · uk ба́бка (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mn ᠰᠣᠨᠤ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · xal темәлҗрһн (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ce шайтӏанан дин (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · es libélula (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · xnb tamcurunga (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · id capung (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sh вилински коњиц (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · aht tselcʼutsaey (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · bdr bari-bari (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · th แมลงปอ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · kne wawwao (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · msk sagumbabarit (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ii ꊴ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · is slenja (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · uk стрекоза́ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · fa سوزنک (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ab амаҭхса́ (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · mi kapowai (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · fi sudenkorento (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · ast aceitera (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · sk vážka (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · fo drekafluga (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · es aguacil (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · tt энә карагы (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · khw غیچودیاک (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · duu nvmzer tvma (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) · dsb libela (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)