单词 | odonate |
释义 | odonaten.adj. Entomology. A. n. A member of the order Odonata; a dragonfly, a damselfly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly) adderbolt1483 dragonfly1626 bolt-head1668 libella1694 devil's needle1745 mayfly1747 horse-stinger1773 devil's darning-needle1809 demoiselle1835 adder1876 odonate1890 odonatan1944 1890 C. B. Aaron in Dragon Flies vs. Mosquitoes 47 The young Odonats will exhaust every other source of food first and then attack each other... As the Odonat grows towards maturity its form becomes more graceful. 1913 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 65 225 (heading) The fossil Odonate Phenacolestes. 1974 M. Davis Near Woods v. 83 Thirty-eight male damselflies had appeared to ignore the sun-baked odonates. 1994 Nature Conservancy May 29/1 Among the 480 or so odonates listed in the United States and Canada, the Conservancy-sponsored Biological Conservation Database ranks 82 as rare. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the order Odonata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > of order Odonata odonate1890 odonatan1930 1890 C. B. Aaron in Dragon Flies vs. Mosquitoes 46 Odonat larvae are sluggish and unable to make quick, well directed movements of the whole body. 1893 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 20 210 The oldest Odonate remains are therefore of the Gomphinæ. 1913 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 65 248 The stigma is an Odonate feature not possessed by the Protodonata. 1988 Zool. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 92 44 Odonate mating systems are typically promiscuous. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. x. 298 The two main odonate lineages..demonstrate the two palaeopteran ways of holding the wings at rest: dragonflies straight out, damselflies over the back. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1890 |
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