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Mayflies vs Dragonfly - What's the difference?

mayflies | dragonfly |

As nouns the difference between mayflies and dragonfly

is that mayflies is 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.

mayflies

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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