‖En′to‐moph″a‐ga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ἔντομον an insect + φαγει̑ν to eat.] (Zoöl.) 1. One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.
2. A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.
3. A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.