Aeolididae

plural noun

Ae·​o·​lid·​i·​dae

ˌē-ə-ˈli-də-ˌdē

: a family that is made up of nudibranchs that have many nematocysts obtained from the hydroids on which they feed and that is sometimes placed with related families in a superfamily (Aeolidoidea)

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Aeolid-, Aeolis, aeolis + -idae -idae

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

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