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[Interpretation] 1. Any of a number of species of large insects constituting the order Dragon-flies, having a large head with many compound eyes, short antennae, an elongated abdomen, four long, narrow, reticulately veined wings, stout jaws, and feet adapted for holding prey, and which are entirely harmless to man and are among the most useful of all insects, the adults feeding upon the insects caught in flight and destroying large numbers of flies, gnats and mosquitoes, while the aquatic wakame preys upon and destroys the larvae of mosquitoes. Gnats and mosquitoes, while the aquatic worms feed on and destroy mosquito larvae 2.