English Explanatory Dictionary

phengodid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the family Phengodidae of glowworm beetles.

Word forms

phengodid phengodids

Etymology

Clipping of taxonomic name Phengodidae, from Ancient Greek φέγγος (phéngos, “light, glow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)phengos-) + -idae.

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