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Word: Stylops
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek stulos ‘column’ + ōps ‘eye, face’
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˈstʌɪlɒps
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a minute insect that spends part or all of its life as an internal parasite of other insects, especially bees or wasps. The males are winged and the females typically retain a form like that of a grub and remain parasitic.
Short Definition:minute insect that spends its life as internal parasite of other insects
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