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spoon-winged lacewings

spoon-winged lacewings is the plural of spoon-winged lacewing.

Meaning of spoon-winged lacewing

Noun

spoon-winged lacewing (plural spoon-winged lacewings)

  1. Any insect of the family Nemopteridae.
    • The Myrmeleontiformia include antlions (Myrmeleontidae), owlflies (Ascalaphidae), spoon-winged lacewings (Nemopteridae), and two additional, rather obscure families.2004, Michael F. Whitimg, “21: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insects: The Most Successful Group of Terrestrial Organisms”, in Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue, editors, Assembling the Tree of...
    Synonyms:
    nemopterid, thread-winged lacewing, thread-winged antlion, spoonwing

Questions about spoon-winged lacewings

What is spoon-winged lacewings the plural of?
Spoon-winged lacewings is the plural of spoon-winged lacewing.

Words near spoon-winged lacewings in the dictionary

  1. spoon-hook
  2. spoon-hooks
  3. spoon-meat
  4. spoon-meats
  5. spoon-winged lacewing
  6. spoon-winged lacewings
  7. spoonable
  8. spoonbait
  9. spoonbaits
  10. spoonbender
  11. spoonbenders

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