Definition of Aphis lion

1. Noun. Carnivorous larva of lacewing flies.

Exact synonyms: Aphid Lion
Group relationships: Chrysopidae, Family Chrysopidae, Family Hemerobiidae, Hemerobiidae
Generic synonyms: Larva

Medical Definition of Aphis lion

1. The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladybugs (Coccinella). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphis Lion

aphid lion
aphides
aphidian
aphidians
aphidicide
aphidicides
aphidicolin
aphidivorous
aphidlike
aphidophagous
aphids
aphilanthropy
aphilopony
aphilosophical
aphis lion (current term)
aphlogistic
aphobia
apholate
apholates
aphonia
aphonia paralytica
aphonias
aphonic
aphonic pectoriloquy
aphonics
aphonies
aphonogelia
aphonous
aphony

Literary usage of Aphis lion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE MOTHER LACE-WING AND THE APHIS-LION Teacher's Story LITTING leisurely through the air on her green gauze wings, the lace-wing seems like a filmy leaf, ..."

2. Stories of Insect Life by Clarence Moores Weed (1903)
"THE aphis lion. DID you ever see some little threads with knobs on their tips ... Each aphis lion has a large pair of jaws projecting forward from the head. ..."

3. A Manual of Zoology by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1870)
"... from Mr Bates's work on the Amazons, where there is an excellent description of the habits of these remarkable insects. Fig. 86.—Neuroptera. Aphis-lion ..."

4. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"The aphis-lion makes its appearance in May, and may be observed walking about upon the leaves of plants, resembling more in appearance a small mass of ..."

5. General Zoology by Arthur Sperry Pearse (1917)
"At the left is the lace wing with its eggs and nymph (aphis-lion); in the renter tho ... The adult of the aphis-lion is the beautiful little lace-winged ..."

6. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"When an Aphis-lion is full grown it rolls itself up into a tiny ball and weaves ... It may be supposed that while the Aphis-lion is secluded in this pearly ..."

7. Annual Report (1905)
"FIG. 24.—Nymphs or young grape leaf-hoppers; natural size on lea) at left. Ate, an aphis- lion is including nymphs ..."

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