Pipunculus (pipungkulus)

[NL. (Latreille, 1802).] A genus of flies, typical of the family Pipunculidæ, having a seta on the third antennal joint joint and the head globose. About 40 species are known, 10 of them North American. These flies live on flowers, and the larvæ are parasites of other insects, as the European P. fuscipes of tiger-beetles. pipy (pī'pi), a. [ In desolate places, where dank moisture breeds The pipy hemlock to strange overgrowth. Keats , Endymion, i.