Definition of Epicauta
:a cosmopolitan genus of blister beetles that feed on various cultivated plants as adults and that as larvae are predacious in egg masses or nests of insects
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Epicauta
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Ep·i·cau·ta
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ˌepəˈkȯtə
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Origin and Etymology of epicauta
New Latin, from Greek epikautē, feminine of epikautos burned at the tip, from epikaiein to burn on the surface, burn at the top, from epi- + kaiein to burn
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