Zygoptera

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Translingual

Ceriagrion coromandelianum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζυγός (zugós, even) + πτερά (pterá, plural of πτερόν, wing); the front and hind wings are essentially of the same shape, differently from the related dragonflies.

Proper noun

Zygoptera

  1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Odonata – damselflies.

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