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Meanings of antlion in English
Portuguese
formiga-leão Spanish
myrmeleontidae Winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants.
Synonyms
Examples for "doodlebug"
Examples for "doodlebug"
1
Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
2
He figured out how to take out the Nazi doodlebug flying bombs!
3
I just thrash about, and gang in circles like a doodlebug.
4
But he sees a doodlebug that looks at him funny and he laughs out loud.
5
The side of Bobby Lee's face twitched as though a doodlebug were crawling across it.
1
Back Home, once, I saw the trap of an ant lion.
2
Oh, see the ant lion he is watching!
3
It is like the larvæ of the dobson, the aphis lion, and the ant lion in that respect.
4
Yes, that is the way the larva of the aphis lion and of the ant lion made their cocoons.
5
An ant slid part way down its funnel and tried to climb out again, and the ant lion down below is flinging sand at it.
Usage of antlion in English
1
It shows a trap-jaw ant snapping its jaws after being caught by an antlion.
2
When an antlion predator stalks its insect prey, the prospects of survival can be grim.
3
It's now clear they have adapted this skill to use it for escaping predators such as an antlion.
4
The antlions will then grab these unsuspecting victims and drag them further underground.
Frequent collocations
Antlion through the time