BROWN LACEWING

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Meaning:

Small dark-colored lacewing fly

Synonyms:

brown lacewing; hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("brown lacewing" is a kind of...):

lacewing; lacewing fly (any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids)

Holonyms ("brown lacewing" is a member of...):

family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)

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