insect - small air-breathing arthropod

Odonata, order Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies

dragonfly, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, sewing needle, darning needle, devil's darning needle - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

damselfly - slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest