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    FAMILY CHALCIDIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An arthropod family including: chalcidfliesplay

    Synonyms:

    Chalcidae; Chalcididae; family Chalcidae; family Chalcididae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Chalcididae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Chalcididae"):

    chalcid; chalcid fly; chalcid wasp; chalcidfly (any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects)

    jointworm; strawworm (larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains)

    Chalcis; genus Chalcis (type genus of the Chalcididae)

    Holonyms ("family Chalcididae" is a member of...):

    Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)

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