chalcid
/ˈkælsɪd/noun
chalcid is a noun meaning “Any of many small wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, most of which are parasitoids of other insects” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-A-L-C-I-D, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chalcid is chalcids.
What does chalcid mean?
noun
- 1
Any of many small wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, most of which are parasitoids of other insects.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chalcid?
- /ˈkælsɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chalcid
- chalcids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chalcid?
Chalcid appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does chalcid come from?
From New Latin genus name Chalcis, from Ancient Greek Χαλκίς, from χαλκός ("copper", "bronze"), because wasps of that genus have metallic colors on their exoskeletons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).