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Definition of Aphis lion
1. Noun. Carnivorous larva of lacewing flies.
Group relationships: Chrysopidae, Family Chrysopidae, Family Hemerobiidae, Hemerobiidae
Generic synonyms: Larva
Medical Definition of Aphis lion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphis Lion
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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