-dēəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from Greek schedios temporary, extemporaneous, impromptu
: a genus of minute chalcid flies including egg parasites of economic pests (as the gypsy moth)
-dēəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from Greek schedios temporary, extemporaneous, impromptu
: a genus of minute chalcid flies including egg parasites of economic pests (as the gypsy moth)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012