Tetrastichus

noun

Te·​tras·​ti·​chus

-kəs

: a genus of minute chalcid flies that contains numerous hyperparasites and is sometimes made the type of a distinct family

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek tetrastichos of four lines

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