Acrocera

noun

Acroc·​e·​ra

ə-ˈkrä-sə-rə

: a genus of two-winged flies with very small heads and larvae that feed on spiders or their eggs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from acr- + -cera

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

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