Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various insects of the superfamily Hemerobioidea, having four gauzy wings, threadlike antennae, and larvae that feed on insect pests such as aphids.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as lace-winged fly.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvæ are useful in destroying aphids. Called also
lace-winged fly , andgoldeneyed fly .
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
Etymologies
- From lace + wing. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I chose my insect name because the lacewing is a ‘good’ insect that feeds off the ‘bad’ insects.”
“May says she supposes the larva of the lacewing is a little monster like that of the corydalus.”
“March 24th, 2010 at 5: 08 pm mary lacewing says: another poster said:”
“February 17th, 2010 at 5: 26 pm mary lacewing says: bizarrobrain (Sponsored by Tysons chicken in a tube!) says: mary lacewing,”
“February 20th, 2010 at 2: 16 pm mary lacewing says:”
Think Progress » Obama explains climate science to global warming deniers.
“April 19th, 2010 at 11: 11 am ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: mary lacewing says:”
Think Progress » Pataki says he ‘misspoke’ in arguing that RomneyCare is ‘unconstitutional.’
“February 17th, 2010 at 2: 03 pm mary lacewing says:”
“March 24th, 2010 at 5: 02 pm mary lacewing says: from a poster named ‘bobblue’ commenting on this story:”
“April 19th, 2010 at 11: 04 am mary lacewing says: anti-HCR group I meant.”
Think Progress » Pataki says he ‘misspoke’ in arguing that RomneyCare is ‘unconstitutional.’
“January 13th, 2010 at 1: 08 pm mary lacewing says: jwest – at the risk of completely wasting my time, may I ask you how “Perhaps the most stimulative thing they can do right now is take a two year recess or something,” (or something?! what a twit) is substantively different than “suspending congress for two years”?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lacewing’.
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Things We've Seen Moved By Ants
A list of things you've observed ants moving to and fro.
earwig, lacewing, sugar, catfood crumbs, leaf cuttings, grasshopper, spider, katydid, caterpillar, moth, butterfly, dirt and 14 more...
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Things with wings
For fanciful birds, see reesetee's •Open List: Flights of Fancy.
For chickens, see Chickens.
For birds endemic to the United States and/or North America, see reesetee's Mo...airplane, dragonfly, pegasus, butterfly, Buffalo, robot bomb, periodical cicada, caduceus, angel, those flying monk..., cherub, housefly and 52 more...
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The Marriage of Pretty Words
A list of two words or more, which were singularly pretty or found to be pleasing, but sounds even better when used together!
sweet tooth fairy, prancing peony, coy boy toy, sour puss, paper tiger, whipped buttercream, dandy lion, clothes horse, scare crow, beauty parlor, pantomime horse, shark bait and 68 more...
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harry potter words
quidditch, apparate, disapparate, lumos, snitch, pensieve, dementor, azkaban, wingardium, leviosa, horcrux, bludger and 376 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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Exotic Color Names
Single-word names of colors.
bisque, chartreuse, cornsilk, gainsboro, roseate, verdigris, carmine, dahlia, vermilion, puce, cinereal, muslin and 41 more...
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Poetrie: Beginner's Lessons
by Malcolm Alexander
If you wish to be wealthy, duck beneath
the topcoat of a well-dressed river
until you come up with a mossy boot
filled with shiners. Spend them w...easy, laugh out loud, bend it, poem, meteor, lacewing, beware, listen, aria, orchid, voicebox, trace and 45 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lacewing.
madmouth It lays its eggs vertically on the underside of a leaf; they look like sixties architecture in psychedelic green. Apr 13, 2009