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ant lion
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noun
- any of several insects belonging to the family Myrmeleontidae, of the order Neuroptera, the larvae of which dig a pit in sand where they lie in wait to prey upon ants or other insects that lose their footing.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ant lion1
First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences
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We had never actually seen the ant lions themselves, only their wicked handiwork.
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At night, he and other graduate students and field investigators would “mess with ant lions†by tossing ants into the pits.
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Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for him.
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We used to watch the ants, too, and I regret 81 to say that we used to feed them to the ant lions.
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An ant lion will dig an entrapment, then hiding behind a blind, await the unwary.
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