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Dragonfly vs Libellulid - What's the difference?

dragonfly | libellulid |

As nouns the difference between dragonfly and libellulid

is that dragonfly is an insect of the suborder epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body while libellulid is (entomology) a dragonfly.

dragonfly

English

(wikipedia dragonfly)

Alternative forms

* dragon-fly

Noun

  • An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.

    • Synonyms

    * (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) darner, darning needle, devil's darning needle, dining needle, ear sewer, horse-stinger, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, spindle

    See also

    * Anisoptera * damselfly * Odonata

    libellulid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (entomology) A dragonfly.
    • (Webster 1913)