Megathymidae

plural noun

Mega·​thy·​mi·​dae

: a family of strong-flying North American skipper butterflies that is often considered a subfamily of Hesperiidae see agaveworm, giant skipper

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Megathymus, type genus (from mega- + Greek thymos warty excrescence, thymus) + -idae

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