Definition of "chalcid" []

• Any of various minute wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, many of whose larvae parasitize the larvae of other insects. (noun)

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• "In northern Australia. predation by various insect pests, such as chalcid wasps, may cause considerable seed destruction."
• "About a fifth of the infested seedpods also contained the larvae of a small chalcid wasp, Spintherus leguminium, parasitic on the hapless weevils."
• "Notable reptiles include the chalcid skink (Chalcides ocellatus), gray monitor (Varanus griseus), snakes (Oligodon taeniolatus, Lycodon striatus, Coluber spinalis), and the Central Asian cobra (Naja oxiana)."