Old fruits hanging around about dragonflies? (8)

I believe the answer is:

odonates

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'dragonflies?' is the definition.
(dragonfly is a kind of odonate)

'old fruits hanging around' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation as in OT - Old Testament).
'fruits hanging around' becomes 'donates' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'o'+'donates'='ODONATES'

'about' acts as a link.

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