antlion fly

1. 1.

   winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants

   Synonymsant lionantlion

   Broaderneuropteron

   Part ofMyrmeleon

Questions about antlion fly

What does antlion fly mean?

antlion fly means "winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants".

What is another word for antlion fly?

Close synonyms include ant lion, antlion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antlion fly a common word?

antlion fly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.