nepid

English

Noun

nepid (plural nepids)

1. (zoology) Any member of the family Nepidae, the water scorpions.
   • 1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

     However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.

Anagrams

• Indep., depin, piend, pined