| ant lion n. 1. Any of various insects of the family Myrmeleontidae, the adults of which resemble dragonflies. 2. The large-jawed larva of the ant lion, which digs a conical crater in the sand designed to trap ants and other insects for food. Also called doodlebug. |
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| Noun | 1. |  ant lion - the larva of any of several insectsgenus Myrmeleon, Myrmeleon - type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose |
| 2. |  ant lion - winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. antsneuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins genus Myrmeleon, Myrmeleon - type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions |
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