Solitary parasitoid
- Pronunciation
- /SOHL-i-ter-ee par-AS-it-oid/
- Category
- Behavior
- Singular
- Solitary parasitoid
- Plural
- Solitary parasitoids
Definition
A parasitoid that develops as a single individual per host.
Etymology
From Latin 'solus', meaning 'alone', and Greek 'parasitos', meaning 'one who eats at the table of another'.
Example
Many parasitoids develop as solitary parasitoids, where only one larva emerges from a single host.