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antlion

antlion

See also: ant lion

English

Alternative forms

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

Catalan: formiga lleó f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蟻獅 (zh), 蚁狮 (zh) ‎(yǐshī)
Czech: mravkolev (cs) m
Finnish: muurahaiskorento (fi) (adult), muurahaisleijona (fi) (larva)
French: fourmi-lion (fr) m
German: Ameisenlöwe (de) m
Hebrew: אֲרִינָמָל (he) m ‎(arinamál)

Isthmus Zapotec: berendrú
Italian: formicaleone m
Japanese: ウスバカゲロウ ‎(usubakagerō)
Kazakh: күреңке ‎(küreñke)
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