gallfly
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gall·fly
(gôl′flī′)n.
Any of various small insects, such as a gall midge, a gall wasp, or certain flies in the family Tephritidae, whose larvae cause the formation of galls in plants.
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gallfly
(ˈɡɔːlˌflaɪ)n, pl -flies
(Animals) any of several small insects that produce galls in plant tissues, such as the gall wasp and gall midge
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gall•fly
(ˈgɔlˌflaɪ)n., pl. -flies.
any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants, causing the formation of galls.
[1815–25]
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Noun | 1. | gallfly - small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting Cynipidae, family Cynipidae - a family of Hymenoptera |
2. | gallfly - fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae - gall midges Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor - small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains | |
3. | gallfly - any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed insect - small air-breathing arthropod |
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