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Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants..
Use antlion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antlion means Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants..
Common synonyms include doodlebug, ant lion, antlion fly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use antlion where its definition matches the intended context.
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