APHIS LION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aphis lion mean? 

• APHIS LION (noun)
  The noun APHIS LION has 1 sense:

1. carnivorous larva of lacewing flies

  Familiarity information: APHIS LION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APHIS LION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carnivorous larva of lacewing flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

aphid lion; aphis lion

Hypernyms ("aphis lion" 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 ("aphis lion" is a member of...):

Chrysopidae; family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)

family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)