nepid

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noun

Any member of the family Nepidae of water scorpions.

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Meanings

nounnepid (plural nepids)

plural nepids

  1. biologyAny member of the family Nepidae of water scorpions.

    However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.

    1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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