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Damselfly
Damselfly meaning
Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.
Synonyms of Damselfly
Example sentences (3)
This male damselfly, caught inside 100-million-year-old Burmese amber, was trying to court a female when nature had other plans.
Ecology and life cycle Ovipositing flight of two damselfly couples Odonates are aquatic or semi-aquatic as juveniles.
The longest living odonate is the Neotropical helicopter damselfly Mecistogaster linearis (Zygoptera: Pseudostigmatidae) with a body length of 135 mm.