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silky lacewing

silky lacewing noun: any insect of the family Psychopsidae.

silky lacewing: any insect of the family Psychopsidae
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Noun

silky lacewing (plural silky lacewings)

  1. Any insect of the family Psychopsidae.
    • The beautiful silky lacewings (Psychopsidae) have their headquarters in Australia, where some 12 species have been described.1983, Grolier Society of Australia, The Australian Encyclopaedia, volume 6, page 45
    • Psychopsidae, the silky lacewings, is clearly the most plesiomorphic family of the superfamily, with 26 species conforming to an early Gondwanan distribution in South Africa, Australia, and parts of Asia.1997, Charles S. Henry, “11: Modern mating systems in archaic Holometabola: sexuality in neuropterid insects”, in Jae C. Choe, Bernard J. Crespi, editors, The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects...
    Synonyms:
    psychopsid

Synonyms of silky lacewing

Forms of silky lacewing

pluralsilky lacewings

Questions about silky lacewing

What does silky lacewing mean?
Silky lacewing means any insect of the family Psychopsidae.
What part of speech is silky lacewing?
Silky lacewing is a noun.
What is the plural of silky lacewing?
The plural of silky lacewing is silky lacewings.

Words near silky lacewing in the dictionary

  1. silky
  2. silky ant
  3. silky anteater
  4. silky anteaters
  5. silky beech
  6. silky lacewing
  7. silky lacewings
  8. silky mama
  9. silky mamas
  10. silky mom
  11. silky moms

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