Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker.
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Examples for "dragonfly "
Examples for "dragonfly "
1 We visited Avondale House in Wicklow and enjoyed the dragonfly nature reserve.
2 VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size.
3 The wings split like dragonfly gossamers, poised for increased maneuvering and power.
4 The thought came and went like a dragonfly skimming the river's surface.
5 An angry dragonfly shape passed overhead as the first Apache took aim.
1 Patty threw down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight.
2 Why, I turned away three score of them with a darning needle .
3 Using kitchen string or unwaxed dental floss, thread a large darning needle .
4 Spinning wheel, loom, and darning needle were to lie idle that day.
5 He held up the slim, steel darning needle to the light.
1 One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil 's darning needle sleep?
1 She vaulted to her feet, pricking her finger on her sewing needle .
2 The twins might already have a sewing needle and disinfectant, but this was Italy.
3 They used to tattoo each other with a sewing needle dipped in black ink.
4 An imaginary sewing needle turned slowly in the wound, producing a cold flare of pain.
5 One of the women picked up a sewing needle and gripped it like a weapon.
1 Down South the colored people believe the dragon fly brings dead snakes to life, and they call it snake doctor .
2 They believed that the presence of dragonflies, which they called snake doctors , meant a serpent lay nearby.
3 Snake doctors , limber, long insects with bronze bodies and filmy wings, went back and forth like small living shuttles.
4 "I tell you what," observed Geary; "get some court-plaster at the snake doctor 's just above here."
1 For this reason it is sometimes called mosquito hawk .
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Translations for mosquito hawk