antlion

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

formiga lleó

Sinònims

ant lion

doodlebug

antlion fly

ant-lion

myrmeleonid

Traduccions

Ameisenlöwe

formicaleone

fourmi-lion

formiga-leão

hormiga león

fourmilion

Myrmeleon

Myrmeleon formicarius

mierenleeuw

mirmelóntido

myrmeleontidae

karınca aslanı

gemeine Ameisenjungfer

gewöhnliche Ameisenjungfer

Etimologia (Anglès)

From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon.