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Chalcididae

noun

an arthropod family including: chalcidflies

• Syn: ↑family Chalcididae, ↑Chalcidae, ↑family Chalcidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hymenoptera, ↑order Hymenoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑chalcid fly, ↑chalcidfly, ↑chalcid, ↑chalcid wasp, ↑strawworm, ↑jointworm, ↑Chalcis, ↑genus Chalcis

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\\-əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Chalcid-, Chalcis, type genus + -idae

: a family of chalcid flies now restricted to certain typical forms but formerly somewhat coextensive with the superfamily Chalcidoidea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.