Agaontidae
plural noun
Ag·a·on·ti·dae
ˌa-gā-ˈän-tə-ˌdē
: a family of small chiefly tropical chalcid wasps having the fore and hind pairs of legs heavier than the middle pair and the male usually wingless see fig wasp
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Agaont-, Agaon, a genus of fig wasps (derivative of supposed Greek agáos "admirable," invented on the basis of Greek aga-, intensifying prefix, ágē "wonder, amazement") + -idae -idae
First Known Use
circa 1947, in the meaning defined above