单词 | emperor dragonfly |
释义 | > as lemmasemperor dragonfly emperor dragonfly n. [after scientific Latin imperator, specific name ( W. E. Leach in Edinb. Encycl. (1815) IX. 137)] a large dragonfly of Eurasia and Africa, Anax imperator (family Aeshnidae), the abdomen of which is predominantly blue in the male and green in the female. ΚΠ 1937 C. Longfield Dragonflies of Brit. Isles 100 The Emperor Dragon-fly. Anax imperator... Chief Characters:—Very like an Aeshna, but the wing-veins are arranged differently. 1960 P. S. Corbet et al. Dragonflies ii. 16 Another of these [sc. our largest dragonflies], even more massive, is the magnificent Emperor Dragonfly, Anax imperator Leach. 2008 Daily Tel. 8 Apr. 5/1 (caption) Wild scenes:..an emperor dragonfly, red campion and a white-tailed eagle. < as lemmas |
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