lochetic

adjective

lo·​chet·​ic

lōˈkētik

: lying in wait for prey

—used especially of insects

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek lochētikos, from lochan to lie in wait (from lochos ambush, lochus) + -ikos -ic

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