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odonates

odonates is the plural of odonate.

Meaning of odonate

Noun

odonate (plural odonates)

  1. 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).1980, Gordon H. Orians, Some Adaptations of Marsh-nesting Blackbirds, page 246
    Synonyms:
    dragonfly

Questions about odonates

What is odonates the plural of?
Odonates is the plural of odonate.

Words near odonates in the dictionary

  1. odometry
  2. Odoms
  3. odonatan
  4. odonatans
  5. odonate
  6. odonates
  7. odonatist
  8. odonatists
  9. odonatological
  10. odonatologist
  11. odonatologists

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