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Gadfly vs Dragonfly - What's the difference?

gadfly | dragonfly |

As nouns the difference between gadfly and dragonfly

is that gadfly is any dipterous insect of the family oestridae, commonly known as botflies while 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.

gadfly

English

Noun

(wikipedia gadfly) (gadflies)
  • Any dipterous insect of the family Oestridae, commonly known as botflies.
  • A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood.
  • One who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant.
  • (pejorative) One who merely irritates without making useful suggestions.
  • (slang) A bloodsucker
  • He's a regular gadfly and takes advantage of his friend's generosity.

    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