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- noun Plural form of
damselfly .
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Examples
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It belonged to her grandmother from the old country, who in her youth kept a collection of jewel damselflies.
Cat People #9: Tales of Manhattan David Woodruff 2011
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The females of these big damselflies are metallic green; the males a deep, rich iridescent blue, and in flight they flash shining blue thumbprints on their four wings.
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HERNDON NATUREFEST 2008, for all ages, learn about the animals, birds and butterflies that live in the park, take a guided tour of the meadow and see dragonflies and damselflies up close, find out who lives in Sugarland Run and much more.
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Why do we need checkerspot butterflies, delta smelt, damselflies, or Florida's endangered perforate reindeer lichen?
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: The Crisis Nobody's Talking About 2010
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Dragonflies and damselflies are very closely related to each other.
DesignerBlog Will 2009
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There will be presentations on community gardens, native plants, water conservation, sustainable landscaping, wildlife rehabilitation, backyard poultry, urban beekeeping, damselflies and dragonflies of DFW, and snakes and turtles.
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No snipe today (alas) but lots of damselflies mating and ovipositing, some hatchling fish, and some (always too fast to ID) grassland sparrows.
Blog updates e_moon60 2009
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Dragonflies and damselflies* abound in late summer and early autumn.
Spectacular dragonfly Carla 2009
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At home in my garden, dragonflies and damselflies often settle on the page, and will stay there for some time.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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At home in my garden, dragonflies and damselflies often settle on the page, and will stay there for some time.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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