gallfly
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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