Wiktionary
meropid
n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Meropidae.
Usage examples of "meropid".
As he coasted along he landed at the Meropid Cos and sacked the city, which was unfortified and had been lately laid in ruins by an earthquake, by far the greatest in living memory, and, as the inhabitants had fled to the mountains, overran the country and made booty of all it contained, letting go, however, the free men.