Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
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Down South the colored people believe the dragon fly brings dead snakes to life, and they call it snake doctor.
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They believed that the presence of dragonflies, which they called snake doctors, meant a serpent lay nearby.
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Snake doctors, limber, long insects with bronze bodies and filmy wings, went back and forth like small living shuttles.
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"I tell you what," observed Geary; "get some court-plaster at the snake doctor's just above here."