phengodid

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

phengodid (plural phengodids)

  1. (zoology) Any of the family Phengodidae of glowworm beetles.