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Odonata vs Odonate - What's the difference?

odonata | odonate |

As a proper noun odonata

is .

As a noun odonate is

any carnivorous insect of the order odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly.

odonata

Not English

Odonata has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'odonata':

oedemata, odonate, odinite, odometre, outmode

odonate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any carnivorous insect of the order Odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly.
  • * 1980 , Gordon H. Orians, Some Adaptations of Marsh-nesting Blackbirds , page 246,
    • The proportion of these prey that were odonates can be estimated from the food sample data taken at the Potholes (Chapter Four; Orians and Horn, 1969).
  • * 2009 , Dennis Paulson, Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West , page 35,
    • Thanks to concern about water birds, these activities have slowed in some regions, and mitigation efforts have provided new wetlands, some of them quite good for odonates .
  • * 2013 , Jill Lancaster, Barbara J. Downes, Aquatic Entomology , page 144,
    • Aspects of such 'smart engineering' are found also in fossil odonates from the mid-Carboniferous, indicating that versatile flight was developed some 80-100 million years ago (Wootton et al. 1988).

    Synonyms

    * (any species of order Odonata) dragonfly (qualifier)