SNAKE DOCTOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Synonyms:

darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("snake doctor" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)

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