braconid

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

The 176 play by Brett Smitheram making him the scrabble champion of 2016

September 8, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

‘braconid’ has been looked up 811 times, has been favorited 1 time, has been added to 4 lists, has 1 comment, and has a Scrabble score of 13.

September 8, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

A British man won the Scrabble world title with the eight-letter, 176-point word "braconid," a type parasitoid wasp.

September 8, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

come on 50,000 people visit wordnik a day

‘braconid’ has been looked up 819 times, has been favorited 1 time, has been added to 5 lists, has 1 comment, and has a Scrabble score of 13.

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

scoring 176 points you could say it was a stinging play plus 5 points because it was challenged making it 181 points

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

Word ‘braconid’ – wasps that are parasitic on moths and butterflies -- wins Scrabble championship. Also should define tech lottery winners.

September 9, 2016

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https://www.wordnik.com/lists/wow-plays-in-scrabble

September 9, 2016

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1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 961/1 The Braconids Caelinus niger and Pezomachus fasciatus.

September 9, 2016

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Caterpillars are attacked by a braconid wasp Cotesia congregata that lays dozens of eggs within each larva =caterpillar...

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

So when played in Scrabble did the other guy go "oh frass"

Did anyone laugh?

stir this is the shortest cryptic

what do you call a stiff examination ? autopsy

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

But let's get back to the wasp-cocoon infestation I mentioned. Those little white rice-looking protuberances on the caterpillar are the cocoons of small braconid wasps (Cotesia congregatus). Earlier, the wasplings had been dining on the innards of the caterpillar, and the caterpillar could do nothing about it. But now that they're pupating, the caterpillar's life is almost over. It will die when the parasitoid wasps emerge. If you see a tomato hornworm so infested, and you hate them, as I do, leave it be. The wasps once hatched will seek out other hornworms. This is nature's way of protecting her tomatoes, eggplants, and potatoes

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

Of or belonging to the Braconidæ, a family of small ichneumon flies.

September 9, 2016

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1916 Canadian Entomologist XLVIII. 89 Dinocampus americanus..a common Braconid parasite of many of the larger species of Coccinellids.

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

1957 E. B. Ford Butterflies (ed. 3) vi. 109 The Ichneumons are again divided between the true Ichneumons (family Ichneumonidae) and the closely related Braconids (family Braconidae).

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

Adult braconids are really cute! They're smallish and dainty-looking. I used to sequence their DNA for a living (I think I even had one in the Cotesia genus).

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

http://doyle-scienceteach.blogspot.com.au/2008/12/life-christmas-eve-hornworms-and.html

September 9, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list braconid

Braconid: earned Brett Smitheram, from London, 176 points & World Scrabble Champion this week. A braconid is a parasitic wasp.

September 11, 2016