HyperDic: aphid_lion

English > 1 sense of the expression aphid lion:
NOUNanimalaphid lion, aphis lioncarnivorous larva of lacewing flies
English > aphid lion: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcarnivorous larva of lacewing flies.
Synonymaphis lion
Member ofChrysopidae, family Chrysopidaegreen lacewings
Hemerobiidae, family Hemerobiidaebrown lacewings
BroaderlarvaThe 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

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