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n. - Type genus of the gall wasps.

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  • Cynips insect, and are then compressed into small boxes.
  • Dimorphism in the hymenopterous genus Cynips, "" Proc.
  • Mr. Walsh's view is that Cynips quercus aciculata is a dimorphous form of Cynips q. spongifica, and occurs only as a female.
  • A dioecious parasitic plant allied to Rafflesia has its two sexes parasitic on two distinct species of the same genus of plants; so look out for some such case in the two forms...
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