əˈpant ə lˌēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from a- (II) + Greek pantelēs altogether complete, from pan- + -telēs (from telos end, completion); from the lack of a caudal appendage — more at wheel
: a genus of small wasps (family Braconidae) parasitic as larvae on caterpillars and used in the biological control of certain destructive caterpillars