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Significados de snake doctor en inglés

portugués
libelinha
catalán
espiadimonis
español
anisoptera

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

anisoptera
Uso de snake doctor en inglés
1
Down South the colored people believe the dragon fly brings dead snakes to life, and they call it snake doctor.
The Insect Folk
2
They believed that the presence of dragonflies, which they called snake doctors, meant a serpent lay nearby.
The prince of frogtown
3
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
4
"I tell you what," observed Geary; "get some court-plaster at the snake doctor's just above here."
Vandover and the Brute
Translations for snake doctor
español
anisoptera