"lacewing" meaning in English

See lacewing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-lacewing.wav Forms: lacewings [plural]
Etymology: From lace + wing. Possibly a calque of translingual Neuroptera. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lace|wing}} lace + wing, {{calque|en|mul|Neuroptera|nocap=1}} calque of translingual Neuroptera Head templates: {{en-noun}} lacewing (plural lacewings)
  1. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera. Categories (lifeform): Neuropterans Synonyms (insect): lacewing fly Translations (Neuroptera): златоочица (zlatoočica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), síťokřídlí [plural] (Czech), recésfátyolka (Hungarian), aniłtʼánii (Navajo), nettvinge [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nettveng [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), сетчатокрылое (setčatokryloje) [neuter] (Russian), nätvinge [masculine] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lacewing-en-noun-LO~xtkK5 Disambiguation of Neuropterans: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'insect': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'Neuroptera': 81 19
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera. Categories (lifeform): Neuropterans, Nymphalid butterflies
    Sense id: en-lacewing-en-noun-zhWtUm76 Disambiguation of Neuropterans: 50 50 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beaded lacewing (english: family Berothidae), brown lacewing (english: family Hemerobiidae), dusty lacewing (english: dustywing, family Coniopterygidae), giant lacewing (english: family Polystoechotidae), green lacewing (english: family Chrysopidae), moth lacewing (english: family Ithonidae), pleasing lacewing (english: family Dilaridae), silky lacewing (english: family Psychopsidae), split-footed lacewing (english: family Nymphidae), spoon-winged lacewing (english: family Nemopteridae), thorny lacewing (english: family Rachiberothidae), thread-winged lacewing (english: family Nemopteridae)

Inflected forms

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