"Chalcid Fly" is a word in ENGLISH

-an noun forming a? x. {1} forming nouns which refer to a place where s.t. is found, done, held, located. …

A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. …

One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple …

A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, …

One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.

One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are …

A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval …

One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve …

One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.

One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.

One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in …

fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennae of certain insects.

Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.

One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.

One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.

Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals …

The possession of but one kind of larvae or young, as in most insects.