Libellulan.
/lɪˈbɛljuːlə/ Entomology.
A genus of neuropterous insects, originally corresponding in extent to the modern family Libellulidæ (Dragon-flies); now one of three genera composing that order.
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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 73 The mouth of the Libellula is furnished with jaws: the antennæ are short [etc.].
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. ii. iii. 330 A large and beautiful fly of the libellula kind.
1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1866) x. 100 Different species of libellula that used to come and deposit their eggs.
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liˈbellulid n. one of the family Libellulidæ.
liˈbelluline adj. and n. (a) adj. pertaining to the Libellulidæ; (b) n. an insect of this family.
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1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Libellulines, the Dragon-flies.
liˈbelluloid adj. resembling the Libellulidæ.
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1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Libelluloides adj.,..libelluloid.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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