Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chrysidid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chry-si-did
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.

Example Sentences

"Females of Delta campaniforme esuriens do not attack chrysidids that are breaking into their nests, but parasitism will cause them to abandon the nest (Jayakar and Spurway 1968)."
"Chrysidids (3000 species) are especially diverse in temperate deserts of both hemispheres."
"2006, Lynn Siri Kimsey, California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), Entomology: Volume 125, University of California Press, page 4, Species of Argochrysis exhibit an unusual behavior not seen in other chrysidids or parasitoids."

Inflected Forms

chrysidids (plural)

Synonyms

cuckoo wasp

Questions

What does chrysidid mean?: Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.

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