ODONATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does odonate mean? 

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

1. large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ODONATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings

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Nouns denoting animals

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

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "odonate"):

darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder (slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.)

damselfly (slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest)

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

Odonata; order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)