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proctotrupid (iou)



proctotrupid adjective & noun. M19.
[mod. Latin Proctotrupidae (see below), from Proctotrupes genus name, from PROCTO- + Greek trupan to bore: see -ID3.]
Entomology. (Of, pertaining to, or designating) a wasp of the family Proctotrupidae or the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, which include parasitoids of insects and spiders.