Meanings
nounparasitoid wasp (plural parasitoid wasps)
plural parasitoid wasps
- biologyA large subportion of taxonomically closely-related wasp taxa who engage in parasitoidism; usually defined as the spider wasps (Pompilidae), ichneumonoids, orussoids, chalcidoids, and platygastroids.
Origin
Translations
Arabic زِنْبَار طُفَيْلِيّ
- زِنْبَار طُفَيْلِيّ (zinbār ṭufayliyy)parasitoid wasp
Chinese Cantonese 寄生蜂
- 寄生蜂 (gei³ sang¹ fung¹)parasitoid wasp
Chinese Mandarin 寄生蜂
- 寄生蜂 (jìshēngfēng)parasitoid wasp
French guêpe parasitoïde
- guêpe parasitoïdeparasitoid wasp
Japanese 寄生バチ, 寄生蜂
- 寄生バチ (kisei-bachi)parasitoid wasp
- 寄生蜂 (yadori-bachi)parasitoid wasp
Korean 기생벌
- 기생벌 (gisaengbeol)parasitoid wasp
Norwegian Bokmål parasittveps, snylteveps
- parasittvepsparasitoid wasp
- snyltevepsparasitoid wasp
Portuguese vespa parasitoide
- vespa parasitoideparasitoid wasp
Swahili nyigu kidusia
- nyigu kidusiaparasitoid wasp
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APA
parasitoid wasp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitoid%20wasp
MLA
“parasitoid wasp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitoid%20wasp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parasitoid wasp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitoid%20wasp.
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