Aphelinid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aphelinid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any member of the family Aphelinidae of parasitic wasps.
Meaning
(zoology) Any member of the family Aphelinidae of parasitic wasps.
Example Sentences
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).
Word Forms
- aphelinids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aphidid, anyphaenid, aphrophorid, ceraphronid, phliantid, apionid.
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