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    ant-lion
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ant-lion, n. 
                                            
                                         A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus , the European is Myrmeleon formicarius .                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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