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LACEWING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lacewing; lacewing fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lacewing"):

chrysopid; green lacewing; stink fly (pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae)

brown lacewing; hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly (small dark-colored lacewing fly)

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