triungulin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin tri (“three”), plus ungula (“claw”), + -in.
Noun[edit]
triungulin (plural triungula or triungulins)
- The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot.
- Loosely speaking, the first-instar of any of various other insect parasites or parasitoids with a similar life cycle. The strictly correct general term is planidium