əˈdefəgə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek adēphaga, neuter plural of adēphagos gluttonous, from hadēn enough + -phagos -phagous — more at sad
: a suborder of Coleoptera containing certain predaceous beetles (as the tiger beetles, ground beetles, and water beetles) usually with filiform antennae and the first ventral abdominal segment divided by the hind coxal cavities
• adeph·a·gan -gən noun -s