释义 |
pom·pil·i·dae \pämˈpiləˌdē\ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pompilus, type genus + -idae : a large family of slender usually black fossorial short-petioled wasps with oval abdomen and strong spinose legs of which most (as the tarantula killer) burrow in the ground and provision their nests with spiders |