Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The agaonid insect, Blastophaga grossorum. See
fig-insect .
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Examples
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There are more than 100 fig species in Sumatra, and each species usually is pollinated exclusively by a single fig-wasp (Agaonidae) species.
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The fruit of the wild fig contains the psen, or fig-wasp.
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