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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 rest
Familiarity information: DAMSELFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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