tiphia

noun

tiph·​ia

ˈtifēə

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Tiphiidae) of shining black wasps that includes a species (T. vernalis) of larval parasites of the Japanese beetle

2

plural -s : any wasp of the genus Tiphia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek tiphē beetle + New Latin -ia

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