单词 | neuropterous insect |
释义 | neuropterous insect (once / 381269 pages) n WORD FAMILY neuropterous insect: neuropterous insects USAGE EXAMPLESA neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) I’m humbly hoping to discover the eggs of certain neuropterous insects. Adams, Samuel Hopkins, The Secret of Lonesome Cove(2011) Biomorphotica: those neuropterous insects in which the pupa is active. Smith, John. B., Explanation of Terms Used in Entomo...(2010) n insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins Syn|Hypo|Hyper neuropteran, neuropteron ant lion, antlion, antlion fly winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants lacewing, lacewing flyany of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids Corydalus cornutus, dobson, dobson fly, dobsonflylarge soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait fish fly, fish-flysimilar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait Sialis lutaria, alder fly, alderflydark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae snakeflypredatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax mantispidinsect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps spongefly, spongillaflyhairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges chrysopid, green lacewing, stink flypale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae brown lacewing, hemerobiid, hemerobiid flysmall dark-colored lacewing fly insect small air-breathing arthropod |
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