Search for crossword answers and clues
Predatory insect
Answer for the clue "Predatory insect ", 7 letters:
antlion
Alternative clues for the word antlion
Word definitions for antlion in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the larva of an ant lion or of any of several other insects [syn: doodlebug , ant lion ] winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants [syn: ant lion , antlion fly ]
Usage examples of antlion.
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.