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noun
Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lacewing fly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect
Narrower terms: green lacewing, chrysopid, stink fly, brown lacewing, hemerobiid, hemerobiid fly
History
From lace + wing. Possibly a calque of translingual Neuroptera.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
