Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)

Mon Sep 23 15:38:32 UTC 2013

thefreedictionary:  snake feeder - slender-bodied non-stinging insect
having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs
feed on mosquitoes etc.

It's picture there looks like a dragon-fly to me, though.

Joel

At 9/23/2013 01:09 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > snake feeder
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>"Snake *doctor*" = "dragon-fly"
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>-Wilson
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