Adephaga

plural noun

Adeph·​a·​ga

ə-ˈde-fə-gə

: a suborder of Coleoptera containing certain predaceous beetles (as the tiger beetles, ground beetles, and water beetles) usually with filiform antennae and the first ventral abdominal segment divided by the hind coxal cavities

adephagan

ə-ˈde-fə-gən

noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek adēphaga, neuter plural of adēphagos gluttonous, from hadēn enough + -phagos -phagous

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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