lacewing
any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
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How to use lacewing in a sentence
Between thirty and forty species of lacewing flies are known to occur in our own country.
The pretty lacewing knows what an appetite her ever hungry larvæ will have, and so she protects them against each other.
The Insect Folk | Margaret Warner MorleyYou see it looks a little like the lacewing larva, and it, too, belongs to the Neuroptera.
The Insect Folk | Margaret Warner Morleylacewing-flies of the genus Chrysopa are commonly called golden-eye flies.
May says she supposes the larva of the lacewing is a little monster like that of the corydalus.
The Insect Folk | Margaret Warner Morley
British Dictionary definitions for lacewing
/ (ˈleɪsˌwɪŋ) /
any of various neuropterous insects, esp any of the families Chrysopidae (green lacewings) and Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings), having lacy wings and preying on aphids and similar pests
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