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Significados de dragonfly 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
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стрекоза
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libélula

Heraldic insect.

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Examples for "darning needle"
Examples for "darning needle"
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Patty threw down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
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Why, I turned away three score of them with a darning needle.
The Dew of Their Youth
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Using kitchen string or unwaxed dental floss, thread a large darning needle.
The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
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Spinning wheel, loom, and darning needle were to lie idle that day.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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He held up the slim, steel darning needle to the light.
The Substitute Prisoner
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One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil's darning needle sleep?
Memories and Anecdotes
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She vaulted to her feet, pricking her finger on her sewing needle.
Seduced by a highlander
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The twins might already have a sewing needle and disinfectant, but this was Italy.
Pasta Imperfect
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They used to tattoo each other with a sewing needle dipped in black ink.
Haunted: a novel of stories
4
An imaginary sewing needle turned slowly in the wound, producing a cold flare of pain.
Heart-shaped box
5
One of the women picked up a sewing needle and gripped it like a weapon.
Library of Souls
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Down South the colored people believe the dragon fly brings dead snakes to life, and they call it snake doctor.
The Insect Folk
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They believed that the presence of dragonflies, which they called snake doctors, meant a serpent lay nearby.
The prince of frogtown
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Snake doctors, limber, long insects with bronze bodies and filmy wings, went back and forth like small living shuttles.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
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"I tell you what," observed Geary; "get some court-plaster at the snake doctor's just above here."
Vandover and the Brute
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For this reason it is sometimes called mosquito hawk.
The Insect Folk

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Corsage piece designed by Philippe Wolfers.

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Uso de dragonfly en inglés
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We visited Avondale House in Wicklow and enjoyed the dragonfly nature reserve.
The Irish Times
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VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size.
Wired
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The wings split like dragonfly gossamers, poised for increased maneuvering and power.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
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The thought came and went like a dragonfly skimming the river's surface.
The Bone Doll's Twin
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An angry dragonfly shape passed overhead as the first Apache took aim.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
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Don't feel sad for me! Eventually, the dragonfly disappeared into the trees.
Fireflies
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Wings like a dragonfly's hung from his back like an iridescent cloak.
Cold Days
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Black net dragonfly masks struck a sharply surreal note.
The Guardian
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The Nius, with their dragonfly family crest and their overshadowing power.
Shinjū
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So he waits all day for his dragonfly-wife to come home.
The new yorker
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bavaria, Germany: a dragonfly covered in morning dew.
The Guardian
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It was hard to breathe, and impossible to see: the dragonfly was dead.
The amber spyglass
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Lyra looked up and held out her hand for the dragonfly.
The amber spyglass
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A large dragonfly, whining towards him on iridescent wings, collided with his arm.
Complete Books of Blood
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A nice pair of dragonfly earrings, a necklace, that would have been enough.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
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Kate reached down to brush a dragonfly away from her ankle.
Starstruck
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