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Dragonfly vs Scorpion - What's the difference?

dragonfly | scorpion |

As nouns the difference between dragonfly and scorpion

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 scorpion is any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a poisonous sting in the end.

As an adjective Scorpion is

of, or pertaining to, the Scorpio star sign.

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

    scorpion

    English

    (wikipedia scorpion)

    Alternative forms

    * skorpion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones , related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a poisonous sting in the end.
  • An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

    • See also

    * arachnid * Scorpio *

    Derived terms

    * scorpionate * scorpion kick * scorpionlike ----