See Also: proctotrupid(dictionary)
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shroud 2, verb(dictionary)
shroud-waving(dictionary)
shroud 1, noun(dictionary)

shroud 2, verb (oh) and proctotrupid (iou)


shroud 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T usually in passive] literary
to cover or hide something
::Joseph was shrouded under a dark blanket.
be shrouded in sth
::The cliff was shrouded in mist.
to keep information secret so that people do not know what really happened
be shrouded in sth
::The incident has always been shrouded in mystery .
::The work is shrouded in secrecy .

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.