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Antlion vs Dragonfly - What's the difference?

antlion | dragonfly |

As nouns the difference between antlion and dragonfly

is that antlion is any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselflies and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants while dragonfly is an insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.

antlion

English

(wikipedia antlion)

Alternative forms

* ant lion

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselflies and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants.

    • dragonfly

    English

    (wikipedia dragonfly)

    Alternative forms

    * dragon-fly

    Noun

  • An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.

    • Synonyms

    * (insect of infraorder Anisoptera) darner, darning needle, devil's darning needle, dining needle, ear sewer, horse-stinger, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, spindle

    See also

    * Anisoptera * damselfly * Odonata