Odonata

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”); apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles, +‎ -ata. === Proper noun === Odonata A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – dragonflies and damselflies. ==== Hypernyms ==== (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Palaeoptera - infraclass ==== Hyponyms ==== (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 === Odonata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Odonata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Odonata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Odonata at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. “Odonata”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026 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