noun
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
• Syn: ↑gallfly, ↑cynipid wasp, ↑cynipid gall wasp
• Hypernyms: ↑wasp
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cynipidae, ↑family Cynipidae
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noun : one of the Cynipidae : a hymenopterous gallfly
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any wasp of the family Cynipidae, the larvae of which form characteristic galls on plants.
[1875-80]
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gallfly /gölˈ/ or gall wasp noun
An insect of the hymenopterous family Cynipidae that causes galls by depositing its eggs in plants
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Main Entry: ↑gall
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gall wasp see ↑gallfly above.
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Main Entry: ↑gall
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gall wasp,
any one of a family of wasps which cause galls on plants.
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n. a small winged insect of antlike appearance. The female lays its egg in plant tissue, which swells to form a gall when the larva hatches. ● Superfamily Cynipoidea, order Hymenoptera: several genera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.