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DAMSELFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does damselfly mean? 

DAMSELFLY (noun)
  The noun DAMSELFLY has 1 sense:

1. slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at restplay

  Familiarity information: DAMSELFLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DAMSELFLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("damselfly" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)


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