Mutillan.
/mjuːˈtɪlə/, U.S. /mjuˈtɪlə/ Entomology.
A genus of velvet ants (family Mutillidae); (also mutilla) a velvet ant of this genus. Cf. mutillid n. and adj.
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1806 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VI. ii. 355 [Genus name] Mutilla. [Common name] Mutilla.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 59 The egg appears to be inserted in the Bee larva, which is eaten by the Mutilla larva.
1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 331 Pezomachus may be known from Mutilla, by possessing a harmless sting..and a smaller head.
1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 75/1 The grasshopper felt the fangs of the Mutilla at the nape of his neck.
1919 Sci. Monthly Apr. 376 Dr. Bequaert and myself had long been impatient to find the first male nocturnal Mutillas.
1955 Q. Rev. Biol. 30 111/1 Creatures that..stand out as strikingly visible may well be suspected of harboring disagreeable and often dangerous traits. To this category belong..the brilliantly colored mutillas with their fiery needles.
1988 Steenstrupia 14 129 From 1775 to 1804, I. C. Fabricius described 22 species of Palaearctic Mutillidae, recorded the four Linnean Mutilla species and a single species described by Panzer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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