| "Antlion" in the World's Languages | ||||
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| Language |  |
Name | Transliteration into Latin Alphabet |
English Translation |
| Afrikaans | mierleeu colloquial name: | — | "antlion"
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| Albanian | luani thnegslave | — | "antlion" | |
| Arabic | ARABIC SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | asad al-naml | "antlion" | |
| Ashaninka (indigenous language of Peru) | — | shienti | ? | |
| Bulgarian |  | mravkol'v | "antlion" | |
| Chinese, Mandarin dialect |  | yi-shi | "antlion" | |
 | dao-tui-niu | "backwards-moving beetle (or bug or cattle)" Note: "Niu" actually means "cattle." Perhaps the word is used for insects whose jaws resemble a bull's horns.) | ||
 | yi-niu | "ant-beetle (or -bug or -cattle)" | ||
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di-gu-niu | "ancient earth cattle" | ||
| Czech/Slovak | mravkolvov mravkolev | — | "antlion" | |
| Danish (Dansk) | myreløve | — | "antlion" | |
| Dutch (Nederlands) | mierenleeuwe | — | "antlion" | |
| English, American | | antlion (or ant lion) colloquial names: | — | — |
| English, British | | antlion (or ant lion) colloquial names: | — | —
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| English, Caribbean | | antlion (or ant lion) colloquial names: | — | —
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| Estonian | sipelgalõvi sipelgakiillased | — | "antlion" | |
| Finnish (Suomi) | | muurahaisleijona muurahaiskorento (adult) muurahaiskorennot (adult, plural) | — | "antlion" |
| French (Français) | | fourmi-lion | — | "antlion" |
| French patois (spoken in the Caribbean) | colloquial names: tortee or torty (St. Vincent, Grenada) | — |
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| Galician (galego) | formiga león | — | "antlion" | |
| German (Deutsch) | | Ameisenlöwe Ameisenjungfer (adult) | — | "antlion" "ant-maiden" |
| Greek (Elliniká) |  | murmêkoleôn murmêléôn murmeleoid | "antlion" | |
| Greek (Elliniká), Cypriot dialect | CYPRIOT SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | mylon'as | "miller" | |
| Hebrew |  | arinamal | "antlion" | |
| Hungarian (Magyar) | hangyalesõ | — | "ant watcher" | |
| Indonesian | INDONESIAN SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | undur-undur | "going backwards" | |
| Italian (Italiano) | formicaleone | — | "antlion" | |
| Japanese |  | ali-jigoku | "ant hell" | |
| Javanese, "Central" dialect | JAVANESE SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | undur-undur | "going backwards" | |
| Kapampangan (spoken in the Philippines) | KAPAMPANGAN SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | kobung-kobung | ? | |
| Kapampangan, Candaba dialect | CANDABA SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | balang-kari | ? | |
| Korean |  | gae-mi-gui-shin | "ant horror" or "ant spirit" | |
| Latin (Latine) | formica-leo | — | "antlion" | |
| Maasai (spoken in Tanzania) | — | fuku fuku* | ? | |
| Malay | MALAY SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | undur-undur | "going backwards" | |
| MALAY SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | cecurut colloquial name: Cik Ru |
? "Miss Ru" |
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| Navajo | — | 'anlt'áni· | "ripener" | |
| táni·l'ái | "which is spread out on water" | |||
| Ngaanyatjarra (Australian aboriginal language) | — | mamutjitjitjarra | ? | |
| Norwegian (Norsk) | maurlöve | — | "antlion" | |
| Polish (po polsku) | mrówkolew | — | "antlion" | |
| Portuguese (português) | formiga-leão | — | "antlion" | |
| Punjabi (spoken in Pakistan) | PUNJABI SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | kumhar | "potter" | |
| Romanian | leii furnicilor | — | "antlion" | |
| Russian |  | murav'lev murav'iniï lev murav'ed | "antlion" | |
| Serbo-Croatian | mravlji lav | — | "antlion" | |
| Sinhalese (Sinhala) (spoken in Sri Lanka) | SINHALESE SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE | bingundha | "tunnel digger" | |
| Spanish (español) | | hormiga león colloquial names: | — | "antlion"
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| Swedish (Svenska) | | myrlejon | — | "antlion" |
| Tsalagi (Cherokee) | yahuli | ? | ||
| Tsonga (ci Tsonga) (spoken in Mozambique) | a mbututu (sing.) ti mbututu (pl.) | "hiding and digging behavior" | ||
| Turkish | karinca arslanlari | — | "antlion" | |
| Yoruba (spoken in Nigeria) | kuluso* | ? | ||
* The accuracy of this name has not been verified. | ||||
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