Definitions

1. noun

A stage in the life cycle of certain wasps, particularly the endoparasitic wasps, which is characterized by the presence of a larva within the body of a host insect.

“The zygite larva was found inside the caterpillar’s body.”

2. noun

The fertilized egg of certain wasps, which develops into a larva that lives inside a host insect.

“The female wasp laid a zygite in the caterpillar’s body, which would eventually hatch into a larva.”