sciara

[Fem. of Gr. skiaros =shady, dark.] Entom.: A genus of Mycetophilide (q.v.). The larvæ of Sciara militar is, the Army worm, march in a band three or four inches broad and about twelve feet long. *sçi-a-thër-Ic, *sçi-a-thër-ic-al, *sçi-a-tëric-al, *sçi-ô-tër-Ic-al, a. [ Gr.skiathēras =a sundial, from ski a a shadow, and therō -to hunt.] Pertaining or belonging to a sun-dial. "There were also, from great antiquity, sci at her i cal or sun-dials."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. v., ch. xviii. *sçi-a-thër-ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. sci at her i cal; -ly. In a sciatheric manner; by means of a sundial.