Phrase guide

parasitoid wasp

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large subportion of taxonomically closely-related wasp taxa who engage in parasitoidism; usually defined as the spider wasps (Pompilidae), ichneumonoids (Ichneumonoidea), orussoids (Orussoidea), and chalcidoids (Chalcidoidea).

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Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

From parasitoid + wasp.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زِنْبَار طُفَيْلِيّ (zinbār ṭufayliyy) — parasitoid wasp
  • Chinese Cantonese: 寄生蜂 (gei3 sang1 fung1) — parasitoid wasp
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寄生蜂 (jìshēngfēng) — parasitoid wasp
  • French: guêpe parasitoïde — parasitoid wasp
  • Galician: avespa parasitoide — parasitoid wasp
  • Japanese: 寄生バチ (kisei-bachi) — parasitoid wasp
  • Japanese: 寄生蜂 (yadori-bachi) — parasitoid wasp
  • Korean: 기생벌 (gisaengbeol) — parasitoid wasp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parasittveps — parasitoid wasp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snylteveps — parasitoid wasp
  • Portuguese: vespa parasitoide — parasitoid wasp
  • Serbo-Croatian: parazitska osa — parasitoid wasp
  • Swahili: nyigu kidusia — parasitoid wasp