(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:22:22

Pu*piv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pupivorous.] Zool.

A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects.

 

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