"antlion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: antlions [plural]
Etymology: ant + lion Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ant|lion}} ant + lion Head templates: {{en-noun}} antlion (plural antlions)
  1. Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants. Wikipedia link: antlion Categories (lifeform): Neuropterans Synonyms: ant lion Translations (nocturnal insects): mierleeu (Afrikaans), μυρμηκολέων (murmēkoléōn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), لَيْث عِفِرِّين (layṯ ʕifirrīn) [masculine] (Arabic), մրջնառյուծ (mrǰnaṙyuc) (Armenian), мура́шыны леў (murášyny ljeŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), formiga lleó [feminine] (Catalan), 蟻獅 (Chinese Mandarin), 蚁狮 (yǐshī) (Chinese Mandarin), mravkolev [masculine] (Czech), mierenleeuw [masculine] (Dutch), sipelgalõvi (Estonian), muurahaiskorento (english: adult) (Finnish), muurahaisleijona (english: larva) (Finnish), fourmi-lion [masculine] (French), fourmilion [masculine] (French), Ameisenlöwe [masculine] (German), אֲרִינָמָל (arinamál) [masculine] (Hebrew), hangyaleső (Hungarian), maurljón [neuter] (Icelandic), sandverpur [masculine] (Icelandic), berendrú (Isthmus Zapotec), formicaleone [masculine] (Italian), ウスバカゲロウ (usubakagerō) (Japanese), 蟻地獄 (arijigoku) (english: larva) (alt: ありじごく,アリジゴク) (Japanese), күреңке (küreñke) (Kazakh), formīca-leō [masculine] (Latin), skudrlauva [masculine] (Latvian), കുഴിയാന (kuḻiyāna) (Malayalam), aniłtʼániitsʼóóz (Navajo), aniłtʼánii biyázhí (Navajo), մրջիւնառիւծ (mrǰiwnaṙiwc) (Old Armenian), mrówkolew [masculine] (Polish), formiga-leão [feminine] (Portuguese), leul-furnicilor [masculine] (Romanian), муравьи́ный лев (muravʹínyj lev) [masculine] (Russian), mravolovac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mravlji lav [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), volkec [masculine] (Slovene), mirmelóntido [masculine] (Spanish), hormiga león [feminine] (Spanish), myrlejon [neuter] (Swedish), چۈمۈلىخور ھەرە (chümülixor here) (Uyghur), cúc (Vietnamese), kiến sư tử (Vietnamese), àgbálúkú (Yoruba), kúlúsọ (Yoruba)

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          "sense": "nocturnal insects",
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      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
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      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
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      "roman": "usubakagerō",
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      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
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      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuḻiyāna",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "word": "കുഴിയാന"
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      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
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      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
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      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mrówkolew"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "formiga-leão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leul-furnicilor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "muravʹínyj lev",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "муравьи́ный лев"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mravolovac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mravlji lav"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "volkec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mirmelóntido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hormiga león"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "myrlejon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "chümülixor here",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "word": "چۈمۈلىخور ھەرە"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "word": "cúc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "word": "kiến sư tử"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "word": "àgbálúkú"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "nocturnal insects",
      "word": "kúlúsọ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antlion"
}

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