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

1 sense of lacewing

Sense 1
lacewing, lacewing fly -- (any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids)
       => neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect -- (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)