chalcid wasp

1. 1.

   any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects

   Synonymschalcid flychalcidflychalcid

   Broaderhymenopterous insect

   Narrowerchalcis fly

   Part ofChalcididae

Questions about chalcid wasp

What does chalcid wasp mean?

chalcid wasp means "any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects".

What is another word for chalcid wasp?

Close synonyms include chalcid fly, chalcidfly, chalcid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chalcid wasp a common word?

chalcid wasp is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.