noun
1. the larva of any of several insects
• Hypernyms: ↑larva
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrmeleon, ↑genus Myrmeleon
2. winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
• Syn: ↑antlion, ↑antlion fly
• Hypernyms: ↑neuropteron, ↑neuropteran, ↑neuropterous insect
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrmeleon, ↑genus Myrmeleon
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a small insect that eats other insects, especially ↑ants, which it catches in a hole made in the sand
Useful english dictionary. 2012.