Definition of gallfly Gallfly
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We found 6 definitions of gallfly from 4 different sources.
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What does gallfly mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: gallflies |
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| gallfly - any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed | ||
| gallfly - fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants | ||
| gall midge, gall gnat | ||
| 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 | ||
| gallfly - small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants | ||
| gall wasp, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall wasp | ||
| wasp social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gallfly (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- gallfly, noun, singular of gallflies.
