释义 |
ep·i·cau·ta \ˌepəˈkȯd.ə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek epikautē, feminine of epikautos burned at the tip, from epikaiein to burn on the surface, burn at the top, from epi- + kaiein to burn — more at caustic : a cosmopolitan genus of blister beetles that feed on various cultivated plants as adults and that as larvae are predacious in egg masses or nests of insects |