DAMSELFLY

Meaning of DAMSELFLY in English

Pronunciation: - ˌ fl ī

Function: noun

Date: 1815

: any of numerous odonate insects (suborder Zygoptera) distinguished from dragonflies by laterally projecting eyes and usually stalked wings folded above the body when at rest

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DAMSELFLY — noun Date: 1815 any of numerous odonate insects (suborder Zygoptera) distinguished from dragonflies by laterally projecting eyes and usually stalked …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DAMSELFLY — Any of numerous predaceous insects of the suborder Zygoptera (order Odonata) having eyes that project to each side. When at …
Английский словарь Британика
DAMSELFLY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous slender-bodied insects that constitute the suborder Zygoptera of the order Odonata and that are …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAMSELFLY — /dam"zeuhl fluy'/ , n. , pl. damselflies . any of numerous slender, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Zygoptera), …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAMSELFLY — n. species of flying insect which resembles a dragonfly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DAMSELFLY — noun Date: 1815 : any of numerous odonate insects (suborder Zygoptera) distinguished from dragonflies by laterally projecting eyes and usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAMSELFLY — ■ noun ( plural damselflies ) a slender insect related to the dragonflies, typically resting with the wings folded back …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DAMSELFLY — [dam.sel.fly] n (1815): any of numerous odonate insects (suborder Zygoptera) distinguished from dragonflies by laterally projecting eyes and petiolate wings …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAMSELFLY — (suborder Zygoptera) any of a group of predatory, aerial insects closely related to and often collectively called dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera). …
Britannica English vocabulary
DAMSELFLY — damsel|fly BrE AmE ˈdæmz ə l |flaɪ ▷ damsel|flies flaɪz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DAMSELFLY — / ˈdæmzlflaɪ; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) an insect with a long thin body and two pairs of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAMSELFLY — n. (pl. -flies) any of various insects of the order Odonata, like a dragonfly but with its wings folded over …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DAMSELFLY — n. (pl. -flies) any of various insects of the order Odonata, like a dragonfly but with its wings folded over …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DAMSELFLY — n. (pl. -flies) any of various insects of the order Odonata, like a dragonfly but with its wings folded over …
Oxford English vocab
DAMSELFLY — n. Any of numerous predaceous insects of the suborder Zygoptera (order Odonata) having eyes that project to each side. When …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAMSELFLY — Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera (order Odonata). Damselflies are often brightly colored, predatory insects. They have a …
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
DAMSELFLY — Стрекоза
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DAMSELFLY — (равнокрылая) стрекоза; pl равнокрылые стрекозы (Zygoptera) - black-winged damselfly - broad-winged damselflies - coenagrionid damselflies - large red damselfly - lestid damselflies - platycnemid damselflies - red-eyed …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DAMSELFLY — (равнокрылая) стрекоза; pl равнокрылые стрекозы ( Zygoptera ) - black-winged damselfly - broad-winged damselflies - coenagrionid damselflies - large red …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
NAIAD — noun (plural ~s or ~es) see: nourish Date: 14th century any of the nymphs in classical mythology living in and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE — noun Date: 1809 dragonfly , damselfly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DARNING NEEDLE — noun Date: 1742 a long needle with a large eye for use in darning, dragonfly , damselfly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DRAGONFLY — Any member of the insect suborder Anisoptera (order Odonata), characterized by four large, membranous, many-veined wings, that, when at rest, …
Английский словарь Британика
MASK — I. ˈmask, ˈmȧsk dialect Britain variant of mash I, mash II II. ˈmask, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -s ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZYGOPTERA — zīˈgäptərə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from zyg- + -ptera : a suborder of Odonata comprising forms that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAGONFLY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of numerous large predaceous insects constituting the order Odonata, having a large freely movable head …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE — noun 1. a. : dragonfly b. : damselfly 2. : virgin's bower b 3. devil's darning needles plural : any …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEMOISELLE — ˌdem(w)əˈzel, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Old French dameisele, damoisele — more at damsel 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARNING NEEDLE — noun 1. : a long needle with a large eye for use in darning 2. : dragonfly , damselfly
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIAD — /nay"ad, -euhd, nuy"-/ , n. , pl. naiads, naiades /-euh deez'/ . 1. ( sometimes cap. ) Class. Myth. any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEMOISELLE — /dem'weuh zel", dem'euh-/ ; Fr. /deuh mwann zel"/ , n. , pl. demoiselles /-zelz"/ ; Fr. /-zel"/ . 1. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIAD — noun ( plural na·iads or na·ia·des -ə-ˌdēz) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French naïade, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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