nycteribiid
/ˌnɪktəˈrɪbiːɪd/Entomology
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating the family Nycteribiidae of wingless dipteran flies which are parasites of bats and bear live young.
noun
A fly of the family Nycteribiidae; a bat fly.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Animal Ecology. From scientific Latin Nycteribiidae, family name from Nycteribia, genus name (P. A. Latreille Précis des Caractères Génériques des Insectes 176; from Nycteris + ancient Greek βίος life: see bio-) + -idae.
- unconquerably
- unconquered
- unconscienced
- unconscient
- unconscientious
- unconscientiously
- unconsciently
- unconscionability
- unconscionable
- unconscionableness
- unconscionably
- unconscious
- unconsciously
- unconsciousness
- unconsecrated
- unconsenting
- unconsidered
- unconsolable
- unconsolably
- unconsolidated
- unconstitutional
- red hide
- red hind
- red honeysuckle
- Red Hook