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signiphorid

signiphorid noun: any member of the Signiphoridae of parasitic wasps.

Noun

signiphorid (plural signiphorids)

  1. Any member of the Signiphoridae of parasitic wasps.
    • 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 signiphorid

pluralsigniphorids

Questions about signiphorid

What does signiphorid mean?
Signiphorid means any member of the Signiphoridae of parasitic wasps.
What part of speech is signiphorid?
Signiphorid is a noun.
What is the plural of signiphorid?
The plural of signiphorid is signiphorids.

Words near signiphorid in the dictionary

  1. signiorizing
  2. signiors
  3. signiorship
  4. signiorships
  5. signiory
  6. signiphorid
  7. signiphorids
  8. signist
  9. signists
  10. signitaries
  11. signitary

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