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microgastrine

microgastrine noun: any braconid wasp of the subfamily Microgastrinae.

Noun

microgastrine (plural microgastrines)

  1. Any braconid wasp of the subfamily Microgastrinae.
    • Previous phylogenies including multiple members of microgastrine genera have shown patterns of high host specificity within species and a high degree of host conservatism among closely related species.2016 March 5, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Reared Parasitoid Wasps of the Genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) Associated with...

Forms of microgastrine

pluralmicrogastrines

Questions about microgastrine

What does microgastrine mean?
Microgastrine means any braconid wasp of the subfamily Microgastrinae.
What part of speech is microgastrine?
Microgastrine is a noun.
What is the plural of microgastrine?
The plural of microgastrine is microgastrines.

Words near microgastrine in the dictionary

  1. microgap
  2. microgapped
  3. microgaps
  4. microgastria
  5. microgastrid
  6. microgastrine
  7. microgastrines
  8. microgastroid
  9. microgastroids
  10. microgastropod
  11. microgastropods

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