HyperDic: lacewing_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression lacewing fly:
NOUNanimallacewing fly, lacewingany of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae)
English > lacewing fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids.
Synonymlacewing
Narrowerbrown lacewing, hemerobiid, hemerobiid flysmall dark-colored lacewing fly
green lacewing, chrysopid, stink flypale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae
Broaderneuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insectinsect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins

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