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for Gallfly
From 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
gallfly
n 1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other
plants [syn: gall wasp, gallfly, cynipid wasp,
cynipid gall wasp]
2: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
[syn: gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat]
3: any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants
causing galls in which the larvae feed
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