单词 | ant lion |
释义 | ant lion (once / 622069 pages) n WORD FAMILY ant lion: ant lions USAGE EXAMPLESThe pits of ant lions, sit-and-wait insect predators, were everywhere. New York Times(May 25, 2015) Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for him. John Steinbeck, The Pearl(1947) We used to watch the ants, too, and I regret 81 to say that we used to feed them to the ant lions. Still, John, A Prisoner in Turkey(2011) 1n the larva of any of several insects Syn|Hyper antlion, doodlebug 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 2n winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants Syn|Hyper antlion, antlion fly neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |
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