Chrysopid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.

    "The method encouraged the chrysopids and coccinellids to lay eggs before or at the very beginning of the aphid build-up and thus prevented aphid populations from attaining damaging levels."

  2. 2
    pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae wordnet

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green lacewinggreen lacewingstink fly

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"The method encouraged the chrysopids and coccinellids to lay eggs before or at the very beginning of the aphid build-up and thus prevented aphid populations from attaining damaging levels."

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green lacewing

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