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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A subfamily of the hymenopterous family Tenthredinidæ, founded on the genus Xycla, and having the antennæ nine- to thirteen-jointed, irregular, third joint very long, anterior wings with three marginal and four submarginal cells, and ovipositor long. Also Xyelidæ, Xyelides, Xyelites.
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