antlion

See also: ant lion

English

Alternative forms

ant lion

Etymology

ant +‎ lion

Noun

antlion (plural antlions)

Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselflies and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants.

Translations

nocturnal insects

Afrikaans: mierleeu (af)
Catalan: formiga lleó f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蟻獅 (zh), 蚁狮 (zh) (yǐshī)
Czech: mravkolev (cs) m
Estonian: sipelgalõvi
Finnish: muurahaiskorento (fi) (adult), muurahaisleijona (fi) (larva)
French: fourmi-lion (fr) m
German: Ameisenlöwe (de) m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: μυρμηκολέων m (murmēkoléōn)
Hebrew: אֲרִינָמָל‎ (he) m (arinamál)
Isthmus Zapotec: berendrú

Italian: formicaleone m
Japanese: ウスバカゲロウ (ja) (usubakagerō), 蟻地獄 (ja) (ありじごく,アリジゴク, arijigoku) (larva)
Kazakh: күреңке (küreñke)
Latvian: skudrlauva
Navajo: aniłtʼániitsʼóóz, aniłtʼánii biyázhí
Polish: mrówkolew (pl) m
Portuguese: formiga-leão f
Romanian: leul-furnicilor (ro) m
Russian: муравьи́ный лев (ru) m (muravʹínyj lev)
Spanish: mirmelóntido m, hormiga león
Swedish: myrlejon n
Uyghur: چۈمۈلىخور ھەرە‎ (chümülixor here)

Anagrams

Antolin, lion ant

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