Ichneumonidae

plural noun

Ich·​neu·​mon·​i·​dae

: a family including the typical ichneumon wasps that have no costal cell and two recurrent veins in the forewing

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Ichneumon, type genus (from Latin) + -idae

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