"damselfly" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdæmzəlflaɪ/ [UK] Forms: damselflies [plural]
Etymology: From damsel + fly. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|damsel|fly}} damsel + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} damselfly (plural damselflies)
  1. Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest. Wikipedia link: damselfly Categories (lifeform): Damselflies Synonyms: darning needle, devil's darning needle Derived forms: pond damselfly Translations (insect): sorgin-orratz (Basque), cavallet del diable (Catalan), damisel·la (Catalan), parotet [Valencian, masculine] (Catalan), 秤仔 (chhìn-á) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 豆娘 (dòuniáng) (Chinese Mandarin), vandnymfe [common-gender] (Danish), juffer [feminine] (Dutch), zigoptero (Esperanto), hentosudenkorento (Finnish), demoiselle [feminine] (French), Kleinlibelle [feminine] (German), Wasserjungfer [feminine] (German), Seejungfer [feminine] (German), Schlankjungfer [feminine] (German), שַׁפְרִירִית (shafrirít) [feminine] (Hebrew), 豆娘 (itotonbo) (alt: いととんぼ) (Japanese), 糸蜻蛉 (itotonbo) (alt: いととんぼ) (Japanese), инелік (inelık) (Kazakh), സൂചിത്തുമ്പി (sūcittumpi) (Malayalam), tīemiemi (Maori), kihitara (Maori), kēkēwai (Maori), tániilʼáítsʼóóz (Navajo), vannymfe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vassnymfe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), domaisèla (Occitan), łątka [feminine] (Polish), donzelinha [feminine] (Portuguese), libelinha [feminine] (Portuguese), стрекоза́ (strekozá) [feminine] (Russian), caballito del diablo [masculine] (Spanish), jungfruslända [common-gender] (Swedish), mursen [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strekozá",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стрекоза́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caballito del diablo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jungfruslända"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mursen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damselfly"
}

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