ODONATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Odonata mean? 

• ODONATA (noun)
  The noun ODONATA has 1 sense:

1. dragonflies and damselflies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ODONATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dragonflies and damselflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Odonata; order Odonata

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Odonata"):

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

Anisoptera; suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies)

suborder Zygoptera; Zygoptera (damselflies)

Holonyms ("Odonata" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)