Definition of Cynips

1. Noun. Type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps.

Exact synonyms: Genus Cynips
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Cynipidae, Family Cynipidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynips

Cymrics
Cymro-
Cymrophobia
Cymrophone
Cymru
Cynara
Cynara cardunculus
Cynara scolymus
Cyndi
Cynewulf
Cynic
Cynical
Cynicism
Cynics
Cynipidae
Cynips (current term)
Cynocephalidae
Cynocephalus
Cynocephalus variegatus
Cynodon
Cynodon dactylon
Cynodon plectostachyum
Cynodontia
Cynoglossidae
Cynoglossum
Cynoglossum amabile
Cynoglossum officinale
Cynoglossum virginaticum
Cynomys
Cynomys gunnisoni

Literary usage of Cynips

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"Last summer, a correspondent sent me a mass of succulent root galls, on opening a few of which, I found inside the large apterous Cynips in the perfect ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"683 (Cynips). Gall-flies and galls. ... (Cynips.); Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., Vol. XVII, 1890, p. ... Ent., Vol. XIII, 1881, p. 107 (Cynips). ..."

3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1884)
"Also about 35 species of parasitic Hymenoptera bred from the galls of Cynips Kollari; several of these were undetermined and probably new. ..."

4. Strange Dwellings: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1872)
"Cynips Kollari (slightly magnified). Oak Apple. ... Galls of Cynips Kollari. Currant Galls of Oak. surface is highly polished and shining, much like that of ..."

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