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Type genus of the Cynipidae gall wasps
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cynips
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Cynips is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini , the oak gall wasps. One of the best known is the common oak gall wasp ( Cynips quercusfolii ), which induces characteristic spherical galls about two centimeters wide on the undersides of oak leaves. ...
Usage examples of cynips.
Foreign figs are dried in the oven so as to destroy the larvae of the Cynips insect, and are then compressed into small boxes.