pompilus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In ichthyology, a genus of stromateoid fishes: same as Centrolophus.—.
2. n. In conchology, a genus of octopod cephalopods. Schneider, 1784.—
3. n. In entomology, the typical genus of Pompilidæ, founded by Fabricius in 1798. These sand-wasps have strongly spinose legs, and the submedian cell of the fore wings as long as the median cell on the externomedian nervure. Over 200 species are known; one of the most notable is P. formosus, the so-called tarantula-killer of the southwestern parts of the United States.