lacewing

名词 n.
/ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/    /ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
    — We recently proposed a new genus of Thorny Lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae) from the Eocene amber of France.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).

词形变化

lacewings plural

词源

From lace + wing. Possibly a calque of translingual Neuroptera.
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