veliid

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noun

Any member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.

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Meanings

nounveliid (plural veliids)

plural veliids

  1. biologyAny member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.

    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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APA

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Chicago

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