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Meaning of antlion | Babel Free

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

Afrikaans mierleeu
العربية أسد النمل لَيْث عِفِرِّين
Català formiga lleó
Čeština mravkolev
Deutsch Ameisenjungfer Ameisenlöwe
Español hormiga león mirmelóntido
Suomi muurahaiskorento muurahaisleijona
Français fourmi-lion fourmilion
עברית אֲרִינָמָל
Հայերեն մրջնառյուծ
Italiano formicaleone
日本語 うすばかげろう 蟻地獄
Kurdî cûc
Latviešu skudrlauva
മലയാളം കുഴിയാന
Nederlands mierenleeuw
Polski mrówkolew
Português formiga-leão
Română leul-furnicilor
Русский муравьи́ный лев
Svenska myrlejon
Türkçe karınca aslanı
Tiếng Việt cúc kiến sư tử
Yorùbá àgbálúkú 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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