Found 2 hits - Term: gallfly, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gallfly \gall"fly`\, n.; pl. gallflies. zool.
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
see also:
gallflies cynips gall
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
gallfly
n 1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other
plants syn: gall wasp, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall
wasp
2: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
syn: gall midge, gall gnat
3: any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants
causing galls in which the larvae feed
see also:
gall wasp cynipid wasp cynipid gall wasp gall midge gall gnat
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