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xyelids

xyelids is the plural of xyelid.

Meaning of xyelid

Noun

xyelid (plural xyelids)

  1. Any in the family Xyelidae of sawflies.
    • Like raphidiids, xyelids have the mesopleuron divided into an episternum and epimeron by a distinct mesopleural suture, but the suture is angled much more obliquely and the epimeron is much smaller than the episternum (Figs. 8-10).1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada

Questions about xyelids

What is xyelids the plural of?
Xyelids is the plural of xyelid.

Words near xyelids in the dictionary

  1. XY problems
  2. XY recorder
  3. XY recorders
  4. XY system
  5. xyelid
  6. xyelids
  7. XYL
  8. xyl-
  9. Xyl.
  10. xyla
  11. xylacine

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