/jeuh pij"id/ , n.
any eyeless, wingless, primitive insect of the family Japygidae, having a pair of pincers at the rear of its abdomen.
[ Japygidae, equiv. to Japyg-, s. of Japyx a genus (appar. L Japyx the eponymous founder of Japygia Iapygía a region of S Italy) + -idae -IDAE; see -ID 2 ]