Pompilidae

plural noun
Pom·​pil·​i·​dae | \ pämˈpiləˌdē\

Definition of Pompilidae

: 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

History and Etymology for Pompilidae

New Latin, from Pompilus, type genus + -idae

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