lacewing

Plural: lacewings

Noun

• A delicate insect with large, net-veined wings.
• any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
• Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
• Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).

Examples

• The LACEWING fluttered through her mind, inspiring a beautiful but low-scoring word.

Synonyms

lacewing fly

Related Words

archaeognathan, beetle, blattodean, booklice, butterflies and moth, caddis flies, cockroach and termite, coleopteran, damselflies and dragonflies, dermapteran, dipteran, earwig, embiopteran, ephemeropteran, flea, flies, grylloblattodean, hemipteran, hymenopteran, ice crawler, jumping bristletail, lepidopteran, mantis, mantodean, mantophasmid, mayflies, mecopteran, megalopteran, neuropteran, odonatan, orthopteran, phasmatodean, plecopteran, psocodean, raphidiopteran, scorpionflies, silverfish, siphonapteran, snakeflies, stick insect, stoneflies, strepsipteran, thrips, thysanopteran, trichopteran, true bug, webspinner, zorapteran, zygentoman