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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of chalcid hymenopterous insects, of the subfamily Eurytominæ, of great extent, the species of which uniformly inhabit cynipidous galls, whether as inquilines or parasites.
- noun A genus of blister-beetles: same as
Mylabris . - noun [Used as a plural.] In Latreille's system, a section of notacanthine Diptera, corresponding to the modern family Beridæ.
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