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.

Sinónimos

ant lion

doodlebug

antlion fly

ant-lion

myrmeleonid

Traducións

Ameisenlöwe

fourmi-lion

formicaleone

formiga-leão

hormiga león

fourmilion

Myrmeleon

Myrmeleon formicarius

mierenleeuw

mirmelóntido

myrmeleontidae

formiga lleó

karınca aslanı

gemeine Ameisenjungfer

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon.