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Chalcis

noun

type genus of the Chalcididae

• Syn: ↑genus Chalcis

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chalcididae, ↑family Chalcididae, ↑Chalcidae, ↑family Chalcidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑chalcis fly

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\\ˈkalsə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irreg, from Greek chalkos copper; from the metallic color of insects of this genus — more at chalc-

: the type genus of Chalcididae comprising chalcid flies with the abdomen sessile and the hind femora greatly swollen and toothed below

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/kal"sis/; Gr. /khahl kees"/, n.

a city on Euboea, in SE Greece. 36,300.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.