Myrmeleon

noun

Myr·​me·​le·​on

mərˈmēlēən

: a genus (the type of the family Myrmeleontidae) of ant lions

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of Greek myrmekoleōn ant lion, from myrmēk- myrmec- + leōn lion

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