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chalcidology

chalcidology noun: the study of chalcid wasps.

Noun

chalcidology (uncountable)

  1. The study of chalcid wasps.
    • The major milestone in Nearctic chalcidology during the latter half of the 20th century is perhaps the catalog by Peck1997 — Gibson et al. Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) (NRC Research Press)
    • The publication of this CD-ROM catalogue marks an important step in the history of chalcidology.1999 — Systematic Entomolgy (1999) 24, 301-304

Origin of chalcidology

From chalcid + -ology.

Questions about chalcidology

What does chalcidology mean?
Chalcidology means the study of chalcid wasps.
What part of speech is chalcidology?
Chalcidology is a noun.

Words near chalcidology in the dictionary

  1. chalcidicum
  2. chalcidid
  3. chalcidids
  4. chalcidoid
  5. chalcidoids
  6. chalcidology
  7. chalcids
  8. Chalcis
  9. chalcitrin
  10. chalco-
  11. chalcoalumite

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