BITTACIDAE


Meaning of BITTACIDAE in English

bə̇ˈtasəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bittacus, type genus (from Greek bittakos, psittakos parrot) + -idae

: a family of chiefly tropical predacious red-and-black flies (order Mecoptera) comprising the scorpion flies

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