lacewing /ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/ noun2 •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. — 2005 •Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera). formslacewings
