encyrtid

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noun

Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.

Origintranslingual Encyrtidae →
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Meanings

nounencyrtid (plural encyrtids)

plural encyrtids

  1. biologyAny parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.

    In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).

    2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531

Origin

  1. translingualEncyrtidae
  2. Englishencyrtid

From translingual Encyrtidae.

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Translations

Russian энцирти́д
  • энцирти́д (encirtíd)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

encyrtid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyrtid

MLA

“encyrtid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyrtid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encyrtid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyrtid.

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