dragonfly
/ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ/
dragonfly noun: 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.
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Noun
dragonfly (plural dragonflies)
- 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.1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum
- Synonyms:
- adderbolt, battimamselle, darner, darning needle, devil's darning needle, devil's needle, dining needle, ear sewer, horse-stinger, mosquito fly
dragonfly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
dragonfly in Hindi
- insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
- व्याध पतंग vyādh pataṅg
dragonfly in Tamil
- insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
- தும்பி tumpi, தட்டான் taṭṭāṉ
dragonfly in Marathi
- dragonfly
- चतुर catur
dragonfly in Bengali
- insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
- ফড়িং phoṛiṅ
More languagesFewer languages
- dragonfly in Telugu
- తూనీగ tūnīga
- dragonfly in Malayalam
- തുമ്പി tumpi, കല്ലൻതുമ്പി kallaṉtumpi
- dragonfly in Gujarati
- વાણિયો vāṇiyo
- dragonfly in Sanskrit
- प्राचिका prācikā
- dragonfly in Assamese
- জিঞাঁ zio͂ã, জিয়াঁ ziã
- dragonfly in Pashto
- ستن stən
- dragonfly in Tagalog
- tutubi
- dragonfly in Arabic
- يَعْسُوب yaʕsūb
- dragonfly in Malay
- capung, pepatung
- dragonfly in Indonesian
- capung
- dragonfly in Persian
- سنجاقک sanjâqak, سوزنک suzanak, بمبیرک bambirak
- dragonfly in Thai
- แมลงปอ má-lɛɛng-bpɔɔ
- dragonfly in Vietnamese
- chuồn chuồn
- dragonfly in Myanmar
- ပုစဉ်း pu.cany:
- Dzongkha
- གནམ་གྲུ་འབུཔ gnam gru 'bup
Synonyms of dragonfly
- adderbolt
- battimamselle
- darner
- darning needle
- devil's darning needle
- devil's needle
- dining needle
- ear sewer
- horse-stinger
- mosquito fly
7 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of dragonfly
| plural | dragonflies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dragon-fly |
Origin of dragonfly
From dragon + fly. Compare drakefly (“mayfly”).
Questions about dragonfly
- What does dragonfly mean?
- Dragonfly means 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.
- What is dragonfly in Hindi?
- Dragonfly in Hindi is व्याध पतंग (vyādh pataṅg). See Dragonfly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dragonfly?
- Dragonfly is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dragonfly?
- Dragonfly is pronounced /ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ/.
- What is the plural of dragonfly?
- The plural of dragonfly is dragonflies.
Words near dragonfly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dragonfly (page history and authors); चतुर (Marathi) (page history and authors); વાણિયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ستن (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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