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CYNIPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynipidae mean? 

CYNIPIDAE (noun)
  The noun CYNIPIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of Hymenopteraplay

  Familiarity information: CYNIPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CYNIPIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Hymenoptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cynipidae; family Cynipidae

Hypernyms ("Cynipidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Cynipidae"):

cynipid gall wasp; cynipid wasp; gall wasp; gallfly (small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants)

Cynips; genus Cynips (type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps)

Amphibolips; genus Amphibolips (cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls)

Andricus; genus Andricus (cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks)

Holonyms ("Cynipidae" is a member of...):

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)


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