odonate

An odonate, Megalagrion leptodemas (crimson Hawaiian damselfly)

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Noun

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Origin

  • From Translingual Odonata, from Ancient Greek ὀδούς ("tooth"), apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles.

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