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APHID LION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aphid lion mean?
• APHID LION (noun)
The noun APHID LION has 1 sense:
1. carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
Familiarity information: APHID LION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
aphid lion; aphis lion
Hypernyms ("aphid lion" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("aphid lion" is a member of...):
Chrysopidae; family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
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