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triungulins

triungulins is the plural of triungulin.

Meaning of triungulin

Noun

triungulin (plural triungula or triungulins)

  1. The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot.
  2. Loosely speaking, the first-instar of any of various other insect parasites or parasitoids with a similar life cycle. The strictly correct general term is planidium

Questions about triungulins

What is triungulins the plural of?
Triungulins is the plural of triungulin.

Words near triungulins in the dictionary

  1. triunguiculate
  2. triungula
  3. triungulin
  4. triungulinid
  5. triungulinids
  6. triungulins
  7. triunial
  8. triunion
  9. triunions
  10. triunitarian
  11. triunitarianism

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