ant lion
English Thesaurus
1. winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect, |
| definition | : | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus myrmeleon, myrmeleon, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions (noun.animal) |
2. the larva of any of several insects (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | larva, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus myrmeleon, myrmeleon, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions (noun.animal) |
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