Braconidadj.n.
/ˈbrakəʊnɪd/ A. adj.
Of or belonging to the Braconidæ, a family of small ichneumon flies.
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Braconid1893
1893 [see sense B.].
1916 Canadian Entomologist XLVIII. 89 Dinocampus americanus..a common Braconid parasite of many of the larger species of Coccinellids.
B. n.
A fly of this family.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Parasitica > superfamily Ichneumonoidea > member of family Braconidae
Braconid1913
1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I
1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 961/1 The Braconids Caelinus niger and Pezomachus fasciatus.
1957 E. B. Ford Butterflies (ed. 3) vi. 109 [The Ichneumons are] again divided between the true Ichneumons (family Ichneumonidae) and the closely related Braconids (family Braconidae).
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