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hessian fly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hessian fly has 1 sense
- hessian fly(n = noun.animal) mayetiola destructor - small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains; Array is a kind of gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly
is a member of genus mayetiola, mayetiola
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