antlion

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

hormiga león

mirmelóntido

myrmeleontidae

Sinónimos

ant lion

doodlebug

antlion fly

ant-lion

myrmeleonid

Traducciones

Ameisenlöwe

formicaleone

fourmi-lion

formiga-leão

μυρμηγκοφάγο έντομο

fourmilion

Myrmeleon

Myrmeleon formicarius

mierenleeuw

formiga lleó

karınca aslanı

gemeine Ameisenjungfer

gewöhnliche Ameisenjungfer

Ameisen-jungfer

Etimología (Inglés)

From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon.