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noun
The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot.
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noun
Loosely speaking, the first-instar of any of various other insect parasites or parasitoids with a similar life cycle. The strictly correct general term is planidium
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin ungula Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English triungulin From tri- + Latin ungula (“claw”) + English -in.
