TIPHIIDAE


Meaning of TIPHIIDAE in English

tə̇ˈfīəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Tiphia, type genus + -idae

: a family of rather small slender usually black and often hairy wasps that as larvae parasitize the grubs of various scarabaeid beetles — see tiphia

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