| 释义 |
en·cyr·ti·dae
\ə̇nˈsərd.əˌdē, en-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Encyrtus, type genus (from Greek enkyrtos curved, crooked, from en in + kyrtos convex, bulging) + -idae; akin to Latin curvus curved — more at in, crown
: a large cosmopolitan family of small chalcid wasps parasitic in the eggs or later stages of many insects |