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Amphibolips

noun

cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls

• Syn: ↑genus Amphibolips

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cynipidae, ↑family Cynipidae

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\\amˈfibəˌlips\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek amphibolos ambiguous, doubtful + ips woodworm — more at amphibole

: a genus of gall wasps including forms responsible for many of the large oak-apple galls

Useful english dictionary. 2012.