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    ANTLION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    ant lion; antlion; antlion fly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

    Holonyms ("antlion" is a member of...):

    genus Myrmeleon; Myrmeleon (type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The larva of any of several insectsplay

    Synonyms:

    ant lion; antlion; doodlebug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("antlion" 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 ("antlion" is a member of...):

    genus Myrmeleon; Myrmeleon (type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions)

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