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GENUS CYNIPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cynips mean?
• GENUS CYNIPS (noun)
The noun GENUS CYNIPS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps
Familiarity information: GENUS CYNIPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cynips; genus Cynips
Hypernyms ("genus Cynips" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Holonyms ("genus Cynips" is a member of...):
Cynipidae; family Cynipidae (a family of Hymenoptera)
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