BROWN LACEWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brown lacewing mean? 

• BROWN LACEWING (noun)
  The noun BROWN LACEWING has 1 sense:

1. small dark-colored lacewing fly

  Familiarity information: BROWN LACEWING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROWN LACEWING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small dark-colored lacewing fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brown lacewing; hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly

Hypernyms ("brown lacewing" is a kind of...):

lacewing; lacewing fly (any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids)

Holonyms ("brown lacewing" is a member of...):

family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)