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gallfly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gallfly has 3 senses
- gallfly(n = noun.animal) cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gall wasp - small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants; Array is a kind of wasp
- gallfly(n = noun.animal) gall gnat, gall midge - fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants; Array is a kind of dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
- gallfly(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed; Array is a kind of insect
is a member of cynipidae, family cynipidae
is a member of cecidomyidae, family cecidomyidae
has particulars: hessian fly, mayetiola destructor
CIDE DICTIONARY
gallfly, n.
An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall. [1913 Webster]
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