English Explanatory Dictionary

triungulin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot.
  2. Loosely speaking, the first-instar of any of various other insect parasites or parasitoids with a similar life cycle. The strictly correct general term is planidium

Word forms

triungulin triungula triungulins

Etymology

From tri- + Latin ungula (“claw”) + -in.

Synonyms

planidium
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