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Ichneumon fly   Listen
Ichneumon fly

noun
1.
Hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae.





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"Ichneumon fly" Quotes from Famous Books



... insect and lays an egg under the skin, and behold! in a little while the seed is a hollow shape with an active grub inside that has eaten out its substance. And then comes some secondary parasite, some ichneumon fly, and lays an egg within this grub, and behold! that, too, is a hollow shape, and the new living thing is inside its predecessor's skin which itself is snug within the seed coat. And the seed coat still keeps its shape, most people think it a seed still, and for all one knows it may still think itself ...
— When the Sleeper Wakes • Herbert George Wells


Words linked to "Ichneumon fly" :   hymenopter, hymenopteron, hymenopteran, Ichneumonidae, hymenopterous insect, family Ichneumonidae


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