Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antlion
2 senses of antlion
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)