Associations to the word «Lacewing»

Wiktionary

LACEWING, noun. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.

Dictionary definition

LACEWING, noun. Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope