| NOUN | animal | lacewing, lacewing fly | any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae) |
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| Meaning | Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids. | |
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| Synonym | lacewing fly | |
| Narrower | brown lacewing, hemerobiid, hemerobiid fly | small dark-colored lacewing fly |
| green lacewing, chrysopid, stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae | |
| Broader | neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |
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