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 noun
ə-ˈde-fə-gən
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