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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stylops; an insect of the order Strepsiptera, the species of which are parasitic upon bees. Bees so infested are said to be stylopized. See Stylops.
  • noun Some other insect parasitic upon bees, as a bee-louse or bee-wolf.

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