odonate

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odonate

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From translingual Odonata, from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles.

noun odonates

Any carnivorous insect of the order Odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly. The proportion of these prey that were odonates can be estimated from the food sample data taken at the Potholes (Chapter Four; Orians and Horn, 1969).
Similar: dragonfly

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@misc{odonate_2026,
  title = {odonate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/odonate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}