CHALCIDOIDEA

Meaning of CHALCIDOIDEA in English

ˌkalsəˈdȯidēə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Chalcid-, Chalcis + -oidea

: a superfamily of Hymenoptera comprising the chalcid flies

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CHALCID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek chalkos copper, bronze Date: 1893 any of a large superfamily (Chalcidoidea) of mostly minute wasps …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHALCIDOID — I. ˈkalsəˌdȯid noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Chalcidoidea : one of the Chalcidoidea : chalcid fly II. adjective …
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CHALCIDIDAE — -əˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Chalcid-, Chalcis, type genus + -idae : a family of chalcid …
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CHALCID FLY — noun or chalcid wasp : a usually minute insect of a large superfamily (Chalcidoidea) of Hymenoptera, a few being gall …
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CHALCID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek chalkos copper, bronze Date: 1893 : any of a large superfamily (Chalcidoidea) of mostly minute …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHALCID — [ 'kalsɪd ] ■ noun Entomology a minute parasitic wasp of a large group (superfamily Chalcidoidea) typically having a metallic …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHALCID — [chal.cid] n [ultim. fr. Gk chalkos copper, bronze] (1893): any of a large superfamily (Chalcidoidea) of mostly minute hymenopterous insects …
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FIG WASP — ( familyAgaonidae ) also called fig insect any of about 900 species of tiny wasps responsible for pollinating the world's …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHALCID — any member of the more than 25,000 species of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, a large group of rather small, widely distributed …
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ПАРАЗИТИЧЕСКИЕ — относительно примитивная группа стебельчатобрюхих перепончатокрылых (отряд Hymenoptera), иногда выделяемая в подотряд Parasitica. Внешне напоминают ос, но отличаются отсутствием в типичном …
Русский словарь Colier

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