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aphid lion

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aphid lion
n.
The larva of any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, such as the lacewing, that feed on aphids.
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Noun1.aphid lionaphid lion - carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
aphis lion
Chrysopidae, family Chrysopidae - green lacewings
family Hemerobiidae, Hemerobiidae - brown lacewings
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


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