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Significados de dragonfly (dragonflies) en inglés

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anisoptera

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

anisoptera
ruso
стрекоза
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libélula

Heraldic insect.

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Examples for "damselfly"
Examples for "damselfly"
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The blue damselfly, on the other hand, has the upper hand in ephemeral water bodies, where there are no predators.
Radio NZ
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At the surface, the scribbling of whirligig beetles, the dimpling of featherweight pond skaters, a first damselfly unfolding crimson tinsel.
The Irish Times
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The red damselfly does better in extreme environments, such as high altitude tarns, where food is scarce and winter temperatures can drop very low.
Radio NZ
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The blue damselfly lives fast and dies young, while the red damselfly lives in the slow lane and can survive many months without eating.
Radio NZ
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PhD student Tanya Dann has been investigating the different speed lifestyles that two New Zealand damselfly species have Read more Audio 3:14 PM.
Radio NZ

Chess variant played on a 7×7 board.

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Corsage piece designed by Philippe Wolfers.

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Uso de dragonflies en inglés
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The walls were covered with cocoons; moths and dragonflies were pinned everywhere.
A Girl of the Limberlost
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Half a dozen airplanes circled like dragonflies up there in the blue.
A Yankee in the Trenches
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Flies buzzed hungrily, along with foot-long dragonflies and other less familiar insects.
The unnatural inquirer
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She wants dragonflies, moths, butterflies, and he-thebanker, I mean-wants everything Indian.
A Girl of the Limberlost
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Do I think that dragonflies are already being used in the United States?
Wired
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I started with the earrings: No, I said, the earrings are small dragonflies.
Feminist dot com
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I remember dragonflies in the sugar bowl, dragonflies in the honey.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
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While fishing at the Round Valley Reservoir he stopped to watch some dragonflies.
The new yorker
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Tialys and Salmakia mounted their dragonflies and held them quivering on the ground.
The amber spyglass
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What I remember most about the dragonflies is how he didn't get it.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
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A stream of dragonflies made for them at once, and the men faltered.
The amber spyglass
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Just beyond it, very large helicopters hover like monstrous dragonflies over an airstrip.
Wired
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The walls were lined thickly with gaudy butterflies, dragonflies, and moths.
A Girl of the Limberlost
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It featured brilliantly coloured dragonflies, pointed downward, like a winged bombs.
Gratitude
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Butterflies were scarce, but dragonflies darted along like sparks of fire.
By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War
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No, dragonflies, as large as seagulls, which had been waiting in the darkness.
The amber spyglass
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Dragonflies a través del tiempo
Dragonflies por variante geográfica
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