Chalcidology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of chalcid wasps. uncountable

    "The major milestone in Nearctic chalcidology during the latter half of the 20th century is perhaps the catalog by Peck"

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"The major milestone in Nearctic chalcidology during the latter half of the 20th century is perhaps the catalog by Peck"

Etymology

From chalcid + -ology.

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chalcid wasp

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