Anisoptera
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Anisoptera
a suborder of the order Odonata containing the larger dragonflies in which the fore and hind wings are of different shapes and the nymphs possess a rectal gill.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005