ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmī(y)əˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Stratiomyia, type genus (from Greek stratios of an army, warlike + New Latin -myia ) + -idae
: a family of small often brightly colored two-winged flies comprising the soldier flies and having saprophagous or predacious terrestrial or aquatic larvae