cinifes

cinifes or cĭnĭphes (cyn-), um, f., = σκνῖπες or κνῖπες,

• a kind of stinging insect (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Trin. 3, 7; Hier. in Joel, 2, 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 14.