Chalcid
any of numerous small flies of the family Chalcididae, often having bright metallic coloration, the larvae of which are chiefly parasitic on various stages of other insects.
noun
any tiny hymenopterous insect of the family Chalcididae and related families, whose larvae are parasites of other insects
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