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noun ( damselflies)
- Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonfly, dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.
noun
- A venomous rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on its back; it is found mainly in the southern United States and parts of northwestern Mexico.
noun
- Any of several solitary, predatory wasps, of the family Sphecidae, that nest in the soil
adjective
- Of, or pertaining to, Diptera.
adjective
- Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
- The hours of his illness were and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
noun
- (informal),(British) the V-1 flying bomb
- A term of endearment.
noun
- A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying.
- General term for flying insect which makes a loud humming noise.
noun
- An insect of the suborder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.
noun
- A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen.
- An unmanned aircraft.
- A low-pitched hum or buzz.
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1908: w:Kenneth Grahame, Kenneth Grahame, w:The Wind in the Willows, The Wind in the Willows
- : He chanted as he flew and the car responded with sonorous .
- One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
verb ( dron, ing)
- To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
- To speak in a monotone way.
noun
- A type of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae noted for rolling dung into spherical balls and pushing it.
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