Etymology

odonate

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Today it means: Any carnivorous insect of the order Odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly. Full definition →

translingual Odonata
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  1. translingual · derived fromOdonata
  2. English todayodonate

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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