GALL WASP

Meaning of GALL WASP in English

any wasp of the family Cynipidae, the larvae of which form characteristic galls on plants.

[ 1875-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GALL WASP — noun Date: 1879 any of a family (Cynipidae) of hymenopterous gallflies
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GALL WASP — noun Etymology: gall (IV) ; from the fact that it lives in galls : one of the Cynipidae : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALL WASP — Date: 1879 : any of a family (Cynipidae) of hymenopterous gallflies [ gall wasp and gall ]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALL WASP — Function: noun Date: 1879 : any of a family (Cynipidae) of hymenopterous gallflies gall wasp and gall
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GALL WASP — ■ noun a small winged insect whose larvae form galls in the food plant. [Superfamily Cynipoidea, order Hymenoptera: several genera.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
GALL WASP — [gall wasp] n (1879): any of a family (Cynipidae) of hymenopterous gallflies
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GALL WASP — (subfamily Cynipinae), any of a group of insects (family Cynipidae, order Hymenoptera), notable for their ability to stimulate the growth …
Britannica English vocabulary
GALL-WASP — (энтомология) орехотворка (Cynips gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GALL-WASP — n энт. орехотворка ( Cynips gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GALL WASP — (n) орехотворка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GALL-WASP — n энт. орехотворка ( Cynips gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GALL-WASP — n энт. орехотворка ( Cynips gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GALL-WASP — (энтомология) орехотворка (Cynips gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — or Wasp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Date: 1957 an American of Northern European and especially British …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WASP — I. ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæfs, wæsp; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALL — I. ˈgȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gealla; akin to Old High German galla gall, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALL — (n.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of …
Английский словарь Webster
GALL — ( n. ) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — /wosp/ , Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALL — gall 1 /gawl/ , n. 1. impudence; effrontery. 2. bile, esp. that of an animal. 3. something bitter or severe. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — see WASP
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALL — I. ˈgȯl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gealla; akin to Greek cholē, cholos gall, wrath, Old English geolu …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — or Wasp ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp Usage: often attributive Etymology: w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant Date: 1957 sometimes disparaging …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — noun Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALL — noun the gall bladder. 2. gall ·noun impudence; brazen assurance. 3. gall ·noun a wound in the skin made by …
Webster English vocab
WASP — (also WASP ) ■ noun N. Amer. an upper- or middle-class North American white Protestant, regarded as a member of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — [wasp] n [ME waspe, fr. OE waeps, waesp; akin to OHG wafsa wasp, L vespa wasp] (bef. 12c) 1: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GALL — [gall] n [ME, fr. OE gealla; akin to Gk chole, cholos gall, wrath, OE geolu yellow--more at yellow] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASP — any stinging member (formerly called Aculeata) of the insect suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), other than bees and ants, as well …
Britannica English vocabulary
GALL — born c. 1840, near Moreau River [in present-day South Dakota], U.S. died 1894, near Oak Creek, S.D. Hunkpapa Sioux war …
Britannica English vocabulary
WASP — wasp, WASP, Wasp BrE AmE wɒsp AmE wɑːsp ▷ wasps, WASPs, Wasps wɒsps AmE wɑːsps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GALL — gall, Gall BrE AmE ɡɔːl ɡɑːl ▷ galled ɡɔːld ɡɑːld ▷ galling ˈɡɔːl ɪŋ ˈɡɑːl- ▷ galls ɡɔːlz ɡɑːlz ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WASP — / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun a black and yellow flying insect that can sting : a wasp sting a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — ➡ Wasp
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — (also WASP ) / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun ( especially NAmE , usually disapproving ) the abbreviation for 'White …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALL — / gɔːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. rude behaviour showing a lack of respect that is surprising …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wæps , wæsp ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GALL — I. gall 1 /ɡɔːl $ ɡɒːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: gealla ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GALL — n. 1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GALL — n. 1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WASP — n.1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black and …
Oxford English vocab
GALL — 1. n.1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 …
Oxford English vocab
WASP — ( WASPs) WASP is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALL — ( galls, galling, galled) 1. If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasps'/hornets' nest ▪ a wasps' nest in the attic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Adult …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GALL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gall bladder COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE postprandial ▪ Our study also showed that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a black and yellow flying insect which can sting youKeep still - there's a wasp near …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — (PERSON), Wasp [noun] [C] [esp. US] [disapproving] - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — noun WASP + VERB ▪ crawl , fly ▪ sting sb ▪ buzz WASP + NOUN ▪ sting ▪ nest …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocab
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocabulary
GALL — â Mereerah, denoting "that which is bitter;" hence the term is applied to the "bile" or "gall" (the fluid secreted …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
GALL — (физиологическое) желчь (анатомия) желчный пузырь (тж. * bladder) желчность, злоба - a pen dipped in * ядовитое /злое/ перо - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — wasp.ogg wɒsp n зоол. оса ( Vespoidae ) wasp s' nest, nest of wasps - осиное гнездо, скопище врагов
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GALL — gall.ogg _I gɔ:l n 1. физиол. жёлчь 2. анат. жёлчный пузырь ( тж. gall bladder) 3. жёлчность, злоба a pen …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GALL — I gall сущ.1) мед. а) желчь Syn:bile б) желчный пузырь 2) желчность, злоба, недовольство, неудовлетворение; вражда, враждебность (по отношению к …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WASP — I wasp сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GALL — _I gɔ:l n 1. физиол. жёлчь 2. анат. жёлчный пузырь ( тж. gall bladder) 3. жёлчность, злоба a pen dipped …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GALL — I ɡɔl сущ. 1) мед. а) желчь Syn: bile б) желчный пузырь 2) желчность, злоба, недовольство, неудовлетворение; вражда, враждебность ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WASP — I wasp.wav сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant "белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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