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adderbolt

adderbolt noun: a dragonfly.

Noun

adderbolt (plural adderbolts)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A dragonfly.
    • Other Animals I observ'd to have yet a greater number, as the Dragon-Fly or Adderbolt […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXIX
    • This philosopher has also found an insect fish, which transforms into an adder-bolt.1742, John Martyn, Ephraim Chambers, transl., The Philosophical History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, volume II, page 355

Forms of adderbolt

pluraladderbolts

Origin of adderbolt

From adder (“venomous snake”) + bolt (“arrow”).

Questions about adderbolt

What does adderbolt mean?
Adderbolt means a dragonfly.
What part of speech is adderbolt?
Adderbolt is a noun.
What is the plural of adderbolt?
The plural of adderbolt is adderbolts.

Words near adderbolt in the dictionary

  1. Adderall
  2. Adderalled
  3. Adderalls
  4. adderbead
  5. adderbeads
  6. adderbolt
  7. adderbolts
  8. Adderbury
  9. Adderley
  10. Adderley Green
  11. Adderleys

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