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Word entry · 8 letters

lacewing

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"Aphid eater"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted acegilnwStarts with LEnds with G1 clues
1L2A3C4E5W6I7N8G

Definitions

  1. An insect with delicate veined wings, whose larvae often eat pests.

Word origin

From lace + wing. Possibly a calque of translingual Neuroptera.

Used in a sentence

  • We recently proposed a new genus of Thorny Lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae) from the Eocene amber of France.

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