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Definition of "dragon-fly" [dragon-fly]

  • The common name of any neuropterous insect of the group Libellulina or Odonata, and families Libellilidœ, Æschnidœ, and Agrionidœ. (noun)

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Use "dragon-fly" in a sentence
  • "Numerous cases could be given among the lower animals of the same organ performing at the same time wholly distinct functions; thus in the larva of the dragon-fly and in the fish Cobites the alimentary canal respires, digests, and excretes."
  • "It is only the nymph of the dragon-fly that sheds her larva and sees the sun in his glory."
  • "The dragon-fly must wing his flight in armour cased: that is the law of his development."