Schedius

noun

Schedi·​us

-dēəs

: a genus of minute chalcid flies including egg parasites of economic pests (as the gypsy moth)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, perhaps from Greek schedios temporary, extemporaneous, impromptu

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