English Explanatory Dictionary

antlion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants.

Word forms

antlion antlions ant lion

Etymology

From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon.

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