odonate

English Thesaurus

1. large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	insect,
definition	:	small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	darning needle, devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder,
definition	:	slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	damselfly,
definition	:	slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	odonata, order odonata,
definition	:	dragonflies and damselflies (noun.animal)