Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ant_lion

2 senses of ant lion

Sense 1
doodlebug, ant lion, antlion -- (the larva of any of several insects)
       => larva -- (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)

Sense 2
ant lion, antlion, antlion fly -- (winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants)
       => neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect -- (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)