gall wasp

gall wasp

n. Any of various wasps of the family Cynipidae whose larvae produce distinctively shaped galls on oaks and other plants.

gall wasp

n (Animals) any small solitary wasp of the family Cynipidae and related families that produces galls in plant tissue, which provide shelter and food for the larvae

gall′ wasp`

n. any wasp of the family Cynipidae, the larvae of which form characteristic galls on plants. [1875–80]

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gall wasp - small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plantscynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gallflywasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable stingCynipidae, family Cynipidae - a family of Hymenoptera