dragonfly

noun

1. An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

   “There were two dragonflies in the garden today.”

   “The delicate coloured Dragon Flies may have likewise some Corrosive quality.”

   “The sapphire needled dragonflies That flirt with the crested newt! And now before his newtly nose, […]”

   “Stacey Combes, who studies the biomechanics of dragonfly flight at Harvard, once watched a laboratory dragonfly eat 30 flies in a row.”

   “As the airboat skimmed across the shallow water, scattering blue dragonflies and launching a heron into the air, Keith Price squinted into the sun and relished the isolation of Florida’s unrivaled river of grass.”