Usage of "antlion" | TermGallery

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Winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants.

Синонимы

Examples for "doodlebug"

Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug. 
 The Guardian 

He figured out how to take out the Nazi doodlebug flying bombs! 
 Warlord: an alex hawke novel 

I just thrash about, and gang in circles like a doodlebug. 
 Outlander 

But he sees a doodlebug that looks at him funny and he laughs out loud. 
 Black is the new white 

The side of Bobby Lee's face twitched as though a doodlebug were crawling across it. 
 Rain gods 

Back Home, once, I saw the trap of an ant lion. 
 The Mammoth Book of Steampunk 

Oh, see the ant lion he is watching! 
 The Insect Folk 

It is like the larvæ of the dobson, the aphis lion, and the ant lion in that respect. 
 The Insect Folk 

Yes, that is the way the larva of the aphis lion and of the ant lion made their cocoons. 
 The Insect Folk 

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. 
 The Insect Folk 

Usage of antlion in английском

It shows a trap-jaw ant snapping its jaws after being caught by an antlion. 
 BBC 

When an antlion predator stalks its insect prey, the prospects of survival can be grim. 
 BBC 

It's now clear they have adapted this skill to use it for escaping predators such as an antlion. 
 BBC 

The antlions will then grab these unsuspecting victims and drag them further underground. 
 BBC 

Frequent collocations

Translations for antlion

португальский

испанский

Antlion through the time

Meanings of antlion in английском