Odonata
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”); apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles, + -ata.
Proper noun
[edit]Odonata
- A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – dragonflies and damselflies.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Palaeoptera - infraclass
Hyponyms
[edit]- (order): Epiprocta (dragonflies and infraorder Epiophlebioptera), Zygoptera (damselflies) (suborders)
- Archizygoptera (clade)
- Permagrionoidea (extinct superfamily, incertae sedis)
- Aeshnidae, Amphipterygidae, Austropetaliidae, Calopterygidae, Chlorocyphidae, Chlorogomphidae, Coenagrionidae, Cordulegastridae, Corduliidae, Dicteriadidae, Epiophlebiidae, Euphaeidae, Gomphidae, Hemiphlebiidae, Isostictidae, Lestidae, Lestoideidae, Libellulidae, Macromiidae, Megapodagrionidae, Neopetaliidae, Perilestidae, Petaluridae, Philogangidae, Platycnemididae, Platystictidae, Polythoridae, Pseudolestidae, Synlestidae, Synthemistidae - families
References
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Odonata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Odonata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Odonata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Odonata at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Odonata at Paleobiology Database
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
