antlion

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

mierenleeuw

Synoniemen

ant lion

doodlebug

antlion fly

ant-lion

myrmeleonid

Vertalingen

Ameisenlöwe

formicaleone

fourmi-lion

formiga-leão

hormiga león

fourmilion

Myrmeleon

Myrmeleon formicarius

mirmelóntido

myrmeleontidae

formiga lleó

karınca aslanı

gemeine Ameisenjungfer

gewöhnliche Ameisenjungfer

Etymologie (Engels)

From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon.