ant-lion

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ant-lion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ant-lion \Ant"-li`on\, n. (Zool.)
     A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a
     pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is
     Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is Myrmeleon formicarius
     .
     [1913 Webster] Antoeci