Dragonfly
WordNet
noun
(1) Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An insect of the suborder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.
Synonyms
- darner
- darning needle
- devil's darning needle
- ear sewer
- horse-stinger
- mosquito fly
- mosquito hawk
- needle
- skeeter hawk
- snake doctor
- snake feeder
- spindle