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lacewings

lacewings is the plural of lacewing.

Meaning of lacewing

Noun

lacewing (plural lacewings)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    lacewing fly
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).

Phrases with lacewings

Questions about lacewings

What is lacewings the plural of?
Lacewings is the plural of lacewing.

Words near lacewings in the dictionary

  1. lacewear
  2. laceweight
  3. Lacewell
  4. Lacewells
  5. lacewing
  6. lacewings
  7. lacewoman
  8. lacewomen
  9. lacewood
  10. lacework
  11. laceworker

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