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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. 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

  1. n. Same as lace-winged fly.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Any of several gauzy-winged insects of the families Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. 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, and goldeneyed fly.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids

Etymologies

  1. From lace +‎ wing. (Wiktionary)

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  • madmouth It lays its eggs vertically on the underside of a leaf; they look like sixties architecture in psychedelic green. Apr 13, 2009

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