antlion

See also: ant lion

English

Alternative forms

• ant lion

Etymology

ant +‎ lion

Noun

antlion (plural antlions)

1. 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

• Afrikaans: mierleeu (af)
• Catalan: formiga lleó f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蟻獅／蚁狮 (zh), 蚁狮 (zh) (yǐshī)

• Czech: mravkolev (cs) m
• Estonian: sipelgalõvi
• Finnish: muurahaiskorento (fi) (adult), muurahaisleijona (fi) (larva)
• French: fourmi-lion (fr) m
• German: Ameisenlöwe (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: μυρμηκολέων m (murmēkoléōn)

• Hebrew: אֲרִינָמָל (he) m (arinamál)
• Isthmus Zapotec: berendrú
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• Italian: formicaleone m
• Japanese: ウスバカゲロウ (ja) (usubakagerō), 蟻地獄 (ja) (ありじごく,アリジゴク, arijigoku) (larva)
• Kazakh: күреңке (küreñke)
• Latvian: skudrlauva
• 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
• Swedish: myrlejon n
• Uyghur: چۈمۈلىخور ھەرە (chümülixor here)

Anagrams

• Antolin, lion ant