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ascalaphe

French, noun/as.ka.laf/

ascalaphe is a French masculine noun meaning “owlfly (Neuroptera, family Ascalaphidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à plusieurs genres d’insectes névroptères diurnes de la famille des Ascalaphidae, trapus, au vol…”.

What does ascalaphe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineowlfly (Neuroptera, family Ascalaphidae)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nom donné à plusieurs genres d’insectes névroptères diurnes de la famille des Ascalaphidae, trapus, au vol rapide et munis de longues antennes.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ascalaphe

  • ascalaphes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ascalaphe?

  • /as.ka.laf/
  • \as.ka.laf\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.