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LACEWING FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lacewing fly mean?
• LACEWING FLY (noun)
The noun LACEWING FLY has 1 sense:
1. any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
Familiarity information: LACEWING FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
lacewing; lacewing fly
Hypernyms ("lacewing fly" 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 fly"):
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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