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chalcid fly

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chal⋅cid⋅fly

  [kal-sid-flahy]
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–noun, plural -flies.
any of numerous small flies of the family Chalcididae, often having bright metallic coloration, the larvae of which are chiefly parasitic on various stages of other insects.
Also called chal⋅cid  [kal-sid] , chalcid fly, chalcid wasp.

Origin:
1890–95; < Gk chalk(ós) copper, brass (with allusion to the coloration) + -id 2 + fly 2
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chalcid fly

noun
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects 
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