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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any insect of the chalcidoid family Agaonidæ, which inhabits figs, or any one of the numerous parasites of the insects of this family; specifically, Blastophaga grossorum, which fertilizes the Smyrna fig of commerce. See
Blastophaga , with cut.
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