Definition of Brown lacewing

1. Noun. Small dark-colored lacewing fly.

Exact synonyms: Hemerobiid, Hemerobiid Fly
Generic synonyms: Lacewing, Lacewing Fly
Group relationships: Family Hemerobiidae, Hemerobiidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Lacewing

brown dwarves
brown eye
brown eyes
brown fat
brown fat cell
brown goods
brown hairstreak
brown hairstreaks
brown hare
brown hares
brown hickory
brown hyena
brown hyenas
brown induration of the lung
brown jolly
brown lacewing (current term)
brown layer
brown lemming
brown lung
brown noser
brown nosers
brown oak
brown oedema
brown onion sauce
brown oriole
brown out
brown outs
brown owl
brown pellicle
brown pine

Literary usage of Brown lacewing

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

1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"A brown lacewing, family Hemerobiidae. Order Diptera Flies, gnats, midges, and others FAMILIES Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) Syrphidae (hover flies) ..."

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