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APHID LION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Carnivorous larva of lacewing flies

Synonyms:

aphid lion; aphis lion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("aphid lion" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("aphid lion" is a member of...):

Chrysopidae; family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)

family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)

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