ANT LION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ant lion mean? 

• ANT LION (noun)
  The noun ANT LION has 2 senses:

1. the larva of any of several insects

2. winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants

  Familiarity information: ANT LION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANT LION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The larva of any of several insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ant lion; antlion; doodlebug

Hypernyms ("ant 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 ("ant lion" is a member of...):

genus Myrmeleon; Myrmeleon (type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ant lion; antlion; antlion fly

Hypernyms ("ant lion" is a kind of...):

neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)

Holonyms ("ant lion" is a member of...):

genus Myrmeleon; Myrmeleon (type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions)