| NOUN | animal | antlion, doodlebug, ant lion | the larva of any of several insects |
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| animal | antlion, ant lion, antlion fly | winged insect resembling a dragonfly |
| Meaning | The larva of any of several insects. | |
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| Synonyms | doodlebug, ant lion | |
| Member of | Myrmeleon, genus Myrmeleon | type genus of the Myrmeleontidae |
| Broader | larva | The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose |
| Meaning | winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants. | |
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| Synonyms | ant lion, antlion fly | |
| Member of | Myrmeleon, genus Myrmeleon | type genus of the Myrmeleontidae |
| Broader | neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |
| Spanish | mirmelóntido, myrmeleontidae | |
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