| 单词 | fairy fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy fly fairy fly n. any of numerous minute parasitic chalcid wasps constituting the family Mymaridae, which deposit their eggs within the eggs of other insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Parasitica > member of superfamily Chalcidoidea > member of family Myrmaridae (fairy-fly) fairy fly1884 1884 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Jan. p. ii (advt.) The fairy fly. Polynema. Prepared without pressure. 1903 W. F. Kirby European Butterflies & Moths p. xxxvi/1 The smallest of all known insects are some parasitic Hymenoptera belonging to the family Mymaridæ, which lay their eggs in those of other insects... They are popularly known as ‘Fairy Flies’. 1949 Oxf. Junior Encycl. II. 82/2 The Fairy Flies, which include the smallest known insects, are Chalcids that spend their larval life inside the eggs of other insects, feeding on the contents. 2005 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. 12/4 The specimens..range in size from the barely visible fairy fly, Alaptus magnanimus.., to the world's largest moth, Thysania agrippina. < as lemmas |
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