antlion

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants.

Equivalents

Españolhormiga león mirmelóntido

Françaisfourmi-lion fourmilion

DeutschAmeisenjungfer Ameisenlöwe

21 more languages

Afrikaansmierleeu

العربيةأسد النمل لَيْث عِفِرِّين

Catalàformiga lleó

Češtinamravkolev

Suomimuurahaiskorento muurahaisleijona

עבריתאֲרִינָמָל

Հայերենմրջնառյուծ

Italianoformicaleone

日本語うすばかげろう蟻地獄

Kurdîcûc

Latviešuskudrlauva

മലയാളംകുഴിയാന

Nederlandsmierenleeuw

Polskimrówkolew

Portuguêsformiga-leão

Românăleul-furnicilor

Русскиймуравьи́ный лев

Svenskamyrlejon

Türkçekarınca aslanı

Tiếng Việtcúc kiến sư tử

Yorùbáàgbálúkú kulusọ

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

antlophobia Antman antmire antode antœci antoecian

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