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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of parasitic hymenopterous insects, of the family Chalcididæ, having enlarged hind femora, armed with one or two large teeth followed by numerous smaller ones. Most of the American species which have been placed in this genus belong to the allied genus Spilochalcis.

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