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Predatory insect
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antlion
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Antlion is a name applied to a group of about 2,000 species of insects in the family Myrmeleontidae. Antlion or Ant lion may also refer to: Myrmecoleon or ant-lion, a fantastical beast of ancient times Antlion (Half-Life) , creature in the Half-Life video ...
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alt. Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselfly and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants. n. Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae ...
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Descriptions ranged from a pale-blue multitentacled squid-thing that waited in the snow for travelers the way an antlion ambushes its prey, to a ghoul with a legion of skeletal zombies at its beck and call.