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DRAGON FLY [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

[A] member of the [suborder Anisoptera]: large hemimetabolous insects with long brightly coloured bodies and two pairs of membranous wings with numerous cross-veins.

Key term(s)
  • dragon-fly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Insecte qui appartient au sous-ordre des anisoptères.

OBS

[Les libellules sont de] gros insectes puissants caractérisés par des ailes étendues à plat, non pétiolées et inégales, des yeux souvent contigus, un vol rapide et des larves trapues surtout fouisseuses, sans branchies externes (chambre respiratoire rectale).

Spanish

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