odonate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any carnivorous insect of the order Odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly.
    — The proportion of these prey that were odonates can be estimated from the food sample data taken at the Potholes (Chapter Four; Orians and Horn, 1969).

词形变化

odonates plural

词源

From translingual Odonata, from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles.
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