Etymology

scarce chaser

Today it means: Libellula fulva, a dragonfly native to Europe Full definition →

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The story

scarce (“rare, uncommon”) + chaser (“a type of dragonfly”) The name contrasts this species with the much more common broad-bodied chaser, Libellula depressa

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