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Any of two families of gauzy-winged insects (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae)
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lacewing
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lacewing \Lace"wing`\ (l[=a]s"w[i^]ng`), n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larv[ae] are useful in destroying aphids. Called ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of two families of gauzy-winged insects (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids [syn: lacewing fly ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A lacewing is a winged insect in the order Neuroptera. Lacewing may also refer to: Lacewing, a variety of budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus , produced in aviculture by crossing Cinnamons with Inos . Neuropterida , an obsolete concept of the order Neuroptera ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Usage examples of lacewing.
Lacewings came in, bristle-tails, ants, thrips, springtails and - oh ye gods - scorpions.
Erasmus Darwin, suggested deliberately breeding lacewings and ladybeetles to control aphids.
A number of parasitic wasps will attack earworms, and green lacewings make excellent predators too.
Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass," she murmured, running her finger down the list of ingredients.
You go out one minute and the sky's clouded with lacewings, and you come back ten minutes later and it's all Purple Emperors.
Every bug that looped past made him recoil in fear it was a blood fly, and several times he froze in midstep, only to exhale in relief when he saw it was only a snowy tree cricket, or a moth, or a lacewing.