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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (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;
[syn: chalcid fly, chalcidfly, chalcid, chalcid wasp]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chalcid fly \Chal"cid fly`\ [From Gr. chalko`s copper; in allusion to its metallic colors.] (Zool.) One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcidid[ae]. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chalcid fly n 1: any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects [syn: chalcid fly, chalcidfly, chalcid, chalcid wasp]