PARASITOID


Meaning of PARASITOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈper-ə-sə-ˌtȯid, -ˌsī-, ˌpa-rə- ]

noun

Date: 1922

: an insect and especially a wasp that completes its larval development within the body of another insect eventually killing it and is free-living as an adult

• parasitoid adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.