PARASITOID

Meaning of PARASITOID in English

[par.a.sit.oid] n (1922): an insect and esp. a wasp that completes its larval development within the body of another insect eventually killing it and is free-living as an adult -- parasitoid adj

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PARASITOID — noun Date: 1922 an insect and especially a wasp that completes its larval development within the body of another insect …
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PARASITOID — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sīd.ˌȯid, -īˌtȯid, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_sə̇ˌtȯid adjective Etymology: parasit- + -oid 1. : resembling a parasite ; specifically : exhibiting or practicing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARASITOID — /par"euh si toyd', -suy-/ , n. 1. an organism that practices parasitoidism. adj. 2. of or pertaining to a parasite, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PARASITOID — noun Date: 1922 : an insect and especially a wasp that completes its larval development within the body of another …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PARASITOID — [ 'parəsɪtɔɪd ] ■ noun Entomology an insect whose larvae live as parasites which eventually kill their hosts, e.g. an …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PARASITOID — паразитоид
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PARASITOID — паразитоид
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PARASITOID — n. Pronunciation: ' per- ə -s ə - ˌ to ̇ id, - ˌ s ī -, ˌ pa-r ə …
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PARASITIDAE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsid.əˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Parasitus, type genus (from Latin, parasite) + -idae — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARASITIC WASP — noun : any of numerous hymenopterous insects that are parasitic or parasitoid on other insects ; especially : a member …
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OPHION — ōˈfīˌän; ˈäfēˌän, ˈōf- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ophiōn, a fabulous animal of Sardinia 1. capitalized : a widely …
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MICROHYMENOPTERON — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from micr- + Hymenopteron : any of numerous minute and often parasitoid insects of the …
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LARVICOLOUS — (ˈ)lär|vikələs adjective Etymology: larvi- + -colous : living in the body of a larva — used especially of a parasitoid …
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ENDOPHAGOUS — (ˈ)en|däfəgəs adjective Etymology: end- + -phagous : feeding from within: a. of a parasitoid insect larva : developing within and …
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ECTOPHAGOUS — (ˈ)ek|täfəgəs adjective Etymology: ect- + -phagous : feeding from without: a. of a parasitoid insect larva : developing external to …
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PARASITOIDISM — /par"euh si toy diz'euhm, -suy-/ , n. the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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ПАРАЗИТОИД — parasitoid
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