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Significados de ant lion en inglés
portugués
formiga-leão español
myrmeleontidae Winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants.
Sinónimos
Examples for "doodlebug"
Examples for "doodlebug"
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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.
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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.
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It shows a trap-jaw ant snapping its jaws after being caught by an antlion.
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When an antlion predator stalks its insect prey, the prospects of survival can be grim.
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It's now clear they have adapted this skill to use it for escaping predators such as an antlion.
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The antlions will then grab these unsuspecting victims and drag them further underground.
Uso de ant lion en inglés
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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.
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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.
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Within the cocoon they become motionless pupæ, and finally appear as silver-wingedlittle creatures that bear no resemblance to the large-jawed ,everhungry, ant lion.
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Ant lions sometimes develop wings and resemble dragonflies, although they are not particularly well-adapted for flight.
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It was the sort of wild, dry country, favoured by ant lions, fritillaries and other sun-loving butterflies, lizards and snakes.
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Yes, the little silken room they weave we call a cocoon, but the ant lions make theirs of silk and sand.
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Yes, May, the ant lions eat many ants, and they moult and grow, and, finally, they, too, make a little cocoon about themselves.