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encyrtid

encyrtid noun: any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.

Noun

encyrtid (plural encyrtids)

  1. Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.
    • In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531

Forms of encyrtid

pluralencyrtids

Origin of encyrtid

From translingual Encyrtidae.

Questions about encyrtid

What does encyrtid mean?
Encyrtid means any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.
What part of speech is encyrtid?
Encyrtid is a noun.
What is the plural of encyrtid?
The plural of encyrtid is encyrtids.

Words near encyrtid in the dictionary

  1. encyclopædist
  2. encyclopædists
  3. encyclopædiæ
  4. encycs
  5. encycs.
  6. encyrtid
  7. encyrtids
  8. encyrtiform
  9. encyst
  10. encystation
  11. encystations

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