Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for dragonfly

dragonfly

Discover More

Example Sentences

Many dragonflies zip through the air with their translucent wings painted in an array of dark spots and bands.

Heavy wing pigmentation can help dragonflies stay warm in chillier regions, but could be dangerous in hotter weather.

Using a high-speed camera, she and her colleagues watched how the bats approached dragonflies stuck to leaves.

Such thinking suggested bats wouldn’t be able to catch dragonflies.

At night, when bats are out, dragonflies are “basically sitting in the vegetation hoping not to get eaten,” Geipel says.

A Gnat and a Dragonfly, with a great many of their relations, arrived about the same time with the Beetle.

"Yes sir," Dragonfly yelled to him from the rail fence where he was already half-way through.

Poetry and I stopped our game and yelled up to Dragonfly to come on down and "play the winner," which meant either Poetry or me.

Dragonfly was still coming along not more than fifty feet behind us, with little Jim staying back with him.

I had to pass Dragonfly's open window which was still open, on account of there was still some smoke in the room.

Advertisement

Synonym of the Day

Which one is a synonym for cuddle?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dragonfly, such as: ant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly, and cockroach.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement