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adj. [Gr. gymnos, bare; L. domus, house](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)Pertaining to nests, especially of social wasps lacking an envelope; see calyptodomous.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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