Definition of Ant lion
1. Noun. The larva of any of several insects.
Group relationships: Genus Myrmeleon, Myrmeleon
Generic synonyms: Larva
2. Noun. Winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants.
Generic synonyms: Neuropteran, Neuropteron, Neuropterous Insect
Group relationships: Genus Myrmeleon, Myrmeleon
Definition of Ant lion
1. Noun. (alternative form of antlion) ¹
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Literary usage of Ant lion
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1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"The ant-lion is one of the marvels of the insect world and is discussed in
practically every text-book on entomology and in almost every popular book on ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"ant lion, adult. ON the twenty-ninth of August, while hunting spiders among the
rocks on the hill north of Bartholomew's pond in South Danvers, Mass., ..."
3. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Insect Study THE ANT-LION Teacher's Story CHILD is thrilled with fairy stories
of ogres in their dens, with the bones of their victims strewn around. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is in dry and sandy soil that the ant-lion lays its trap. ... Slipping to the
bottom the prey is immediately seized by the lurking ant-lion; ..."
5. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"Of the ant-lion, whose lame have earned a bad renown from their predaceous
ingenuity, Ceylon has, at least, four species, which seem peculiar to the ..."
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