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Definition of Odonate
1. Noun. Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings.
Group relationships: Odonata, Order Odonata
Specialized synonyms: Darning Needle, Devil's Darning Needle, Dragonfly, Mosquito Hawk, Sewing Needle, Skeeter Hawk, Snake Doctor, Snake Feeder, Damselfly
Definition of Odonate
1. any of an order of predacious insects [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odonate
Literary usage of Odonate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"... in odonate development, unlike anything occurring in any other known insects.
A comparison of the terminal structures of the odonate larva shown in Fig. ..."
2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1916)
"... with an introduction to the study of this group of insects. Trans. Amer. Entom.
Soc., 20: 152-172, pfs. 2-3. 1893 (b). The odonate genus ..."
3. Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an by Nelson Annandale, Herbert C. Robinson (1903)
"(2) x ()) and KRUGER'S important work on the odonate fauna of Sumatra, published
in the Stettin Ent. Zeit. of- and 1902. Comparison of the present list of ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"following statement: "No odonate nymphs are known to live in salt water, but
probably some coast species, such as Ischnura ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"69, 1900, a list of those of our native odonate genera of which no nymphs were
known, and spurred by his desire to obtain the nymph of ..."
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