solipuga

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sŏlĭpūga, ae, f.,

a kind of venomous ant (or, acc. to Solinus, a kind of venomous spider ), Plin. 29, 4, 29, § 92; 22, 25, 81, § 163. —Called also solpūga , Luc. 9, 837; soli-pugna , acc. to Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.; sŏlĭfūga , Sol. 4, 3 and 6; and salpūga , Plin. 29, 4, 29, § 92.