[a transl. of Gr. μυρμηκο-λέων, in the LXX.] A neuropterous insect, or genus of insects (Myrmeleon), the larva of which lies in wait for and devours ants.
1815. Kirby & Spence, Entomol. (1843), I. 304. The ant-lion was the stronger of the two and … dragged the object of contestation under the sand.
1880. H. C. St. John, Wild Coasts Nipon, 157. One of the most ingenious insects I know of is the ant-lion.
