Definition of "lacewings" [lacewings]

• Plural form of lacewing. (noun)

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• "It's the perfect setting for "illustrious guests," we're told -- namely lacewings, beetles, spiders, and bees."
• "Because it eats so many aphids, its staple diet, as well as other ladybirds, it has threatened the number of native ladybirds and species, such as lacewings, which also eat aphids."
• "But that's what we kids grew up calling lacewings, so that's what I still call them.)"