ˌagəˈristəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Agarista, type genus (perhaps after Agariste fl 6th century B.C. daughter of Cleisthenes, tyrant of Sicyon, from Greek Agaristē ) + -idae
: a family of mostly diurnal and brightly colored moths having the antennae thickened toward the tip and including the Australian whistling moths — see forester