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chrysopid

chrysopid noun: any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.

chrysopid: any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae
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Noun

chrysopid (plural chrysopids)

  1. Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
    • The method encouraged the chrysopids and coccinellids to lay eggs before or at the very beginning of the aphid build-up and thus prevented aphid populations from attaining damaging levels.1976, M. Mackauer, M. J. Way, “4: Myzus persicae Sulz., an aphid of world importance”, in V. L. Delucchi, editor, Studies in Biological Control, page 103
    • However, numerous studies have been conducted on chrysopids, given that lacewing larvae are major oophagous predators of the olive moth (Montiel Bueno, 1981; Ramos et al., 1983a, b).2007, M. Campos, Chapter 28: Lacewings in Andalusian olive orchards, P. K. McEwen, T. R. New, A. E. Whittington (editors), Lacewings in the Crop Environment, page 492

Forms of chrysopid

pluralchrysopids

Questions about chrysopid

What does chrysopid mean?
Chrysopid means any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
What part of speech is chrysopid?
Chrysopid is a noun.
What is the plural of chrysopid?
The plural of chrysopid is chrysopids.

Words near chrysopid in the dictionary

  1. chrysophycean
  2. chrysophyceans
  3. chrysophyll
  4. chrysophyte
  5. chrysophytes
  6. chrysopid
  7. chrysopids
  8. chrysopoeia
  9. chrysopoeian
  10. chrysopoetic
  11. chrysoprase

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