Mydaidae

plural noun

My·​da·​i·​dae

mīˈdāəˌdē

: a small family of American and Australian dipterous insects containing the largest known two-winged flies

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Mydas, type genus (irregular from Greek midax, an insect destructive to beans) + -idae

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