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GALL WASP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gall wasp mean?
• GALL WASP (noun)
The noun GALL WASP has 1 sense:
1. small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
Familiarity information: GALL WASP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cynipid gall wasp; cynipid wasp; gall wasp; gallfly
Hypernyms ("gall wasp" is a kind of...):
wasp (social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting)
Holonyms ("gall wasp" is a member of...):
Cynipidae; family Cynipidae (a family of Hymenoptera)
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