- gallfly
- noun1. small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants• Syn: ↑gall wasp, ↑cynipid wasp, ↑cynipid gall wasp• Hypernyms: ↑wasp• Member Holonyms: ↑Cynipidae, ↑family Cynipidae2. fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants• Syn: ↑gall midge, ↑gall gnat• Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two-winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron• Hyponyms: ↑Hessian fly, ↑Mayetiola destructor• Member Holonyms: ↑Cecidomyidae, ↑family Cecidomyidae3. any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed• Hypernyms: ↑insect
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun: an insect that deposits its eggs in plants and causes galls in which the larvae feed* * *
/gawl"fluy'/, n., pl. gallflies.any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants, causing the formation of galls.[1815-25; GALL3 + FLY2]* * *
gallfly /gölˈ/ or gall wasp nounAn insect of the hymenopterous family Cynipidae that causes galls by depositing its eggs in plants• • •Main Entry: ↑gall
Useful english dictionary. 2012.