noun
1. 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 Cynipidae
2. 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 Cecidomyidae
3. 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
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/gawl"fluy'/, n., pl. gallflies.
any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants, causing the formation of galls.
[1815-25; GALL3 + FLY2]
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gallfly /gölˈ/ or gall wasp noun
An insect of the hymenopterous family Cynipidae that causes galls by depositing its eggs in plants
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Main Entry: ↑gall
Useful english dictionary. 2012.