lacewing
UK/ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/
lacewing noun: any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Noun
lacewing (plural lacewings)
- Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
- We recently proposed a new genus of Thorny Lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae) from the Eocene amber of France.2005, Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 110, page 128
- The family Rachiberothidae has been of considerable controversy and has been considered at different times during its history as a subfamily of Berothidae (Tjeder, 1959), or even of Mantispidae (Willmann, 1990b, 1004b). The "thorny lacewings" generally resemble other berothids except in the...2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 356
- Synonyms:
- lacewing fly
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).
lacewing meaning in Tamil
lacewing in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்
Examples of lacewing in a sentence
- The Myrmeleontiformia include antlions (Myrmeleontidae), owlflies (Ascalaphidae), spoon-winged lacewings (Nemopteridae), and two additional, rather obscure families.
- Berothids, beaded lacewings, are fairly common in the warmer parts of North America where termites are abundant.
- Extant beaded lacewings are rare, slender, small to medium insects that have a worldwide distribution.
Synonyms of lacewing
- lacewing fly
Forms of lacewing
| plural | lacewings |
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Origin of lacewing
From lace + wing. Possibly a calque of translingual Neuroptera.
Words formed from lacewing
- beaded lacewing
- brown lacewing
- dusty lacewing
- giant lacewing
- common green lacewing
- green lacewing
- moth lacewing
- pleasing lacewing
- silky lacewing
- split-footed lacewing
- spoon-winged lacewing
- thorny lacewing
- thread-winged lacewing
Questions about lacewing
- What does lacewing mean?
- Lacewing means any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
- What is lacewing in Tamil?
- Lacewing in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Lacewing meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lacewing?
- Lacewing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lacewing?
- Lacewing is pronounced /ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lacewing?
- The plural of lacewing is lacewings.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lacewing (page history and authors); lacewing (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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