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mutillid, n. and a.|mjuːˈtɪlɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Mutillidæ, f. generic name Mutilla (Linnæus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 582): see -id3.]
A. n. A solitary, parasitic, fossorial wasp of the family Mutillidæ, including insects also known as velvet ants, whose bodies are covered with fine hair.
B. adj. Pertaining to or resembling an insect of this type.
1910W. M. Wheeler Ants xiv. 244 Existing mutillids, however, present two highly specialized characters..: they are, so far as is known, parasitic and their females are wingless. 1913[see clerid a. and n.]. 1971E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xviii. 338/1 Several observers..have witnessed guard bees protecting their nests against mutillid wasps and ants. 1972L. E. Chadwick tr. Linsenmaier's Insects of World 299/1 The mutillids chirp with a sound like that of boiling water. |