GALLFLY

Meaning of GALLFLY in English

/gawl"fluy'/ , n. , pl. gallflies .

any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants, causing the formation of galls.

[ 1815-25; GALL 3 + FLY 2 ]

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GALLFLY — noun Date: circa 1834 an insect (as a gall wasp) that deposits its eggs in plants causing the formation of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GALLFLY — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : an insect that deposits its eggs in plants and causes galls in which the larvae feed
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLFLY — (n.) An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips …
Английский словарь Webster
GALLFLY — ( n. ) An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GALLFLY — noun Date: circa 1834 : an insect (as a gall wasp) that deposits its eggs in plants causing the formation …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALLFLY — noun an insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, ·esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus cynips …
Webster English vocab
GALLFLY — [gall.fly] n (ca. 1834): an insect (as a gall wasp) that deposits its eggs in plants causing the formation of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GALLFLY — gallfly зоол. орехотвор ~ ка gallfly зоол. орехотвор ~ ка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GALLFLY — 1) орехотворка; ходообразующее насекомое; pl орехотворки (Cynipidae) 2) pl галлицы (Cecidomyidae) • - bullet oak gallfly - guest gallfly - hedgehog oak gallfly - mossy rose …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GALLFLY — 1) орехотворка; ходообразующее насекомое; pl орехотворки ( Cynipidae ) 2) pl галлицы ( Cecidomyidae ) • - bullet oak gallfly …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
GALLFLY — gallfly зоол. орехотвор ~ ка gallfly зоол. орехотвор ~ ка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GALLFLY — n. Pronunciation: ' go ̇ l- ˌ fl ī Function: noun Date: circa 1834 : an insect (as a gall …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHEAT GALLFLY — noun : the imago of the jointworm
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOOLSOWER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a multicellular gall on the white oak made by a gallfly ( Andricus seminator ) in which …
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WHEAT FLY — noun 1. : wheat midge 2. : wheat gallfly 3. : hessian fly 4. : any of several flies of …
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TIP WORM — noun : a worm that is the larva of a gallfly ( Contarinia vaccinii ) that infests the tips of …
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HICKORY MIDGE — noun : a gallfly ( Caryomyia caryae ) that forms globular galls on the leaves of various hickories ; broadly …
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GALL WASP — noun Etymology: gall (IV) ; from the fact that it lives in galls : one of the Cynipidae : a …
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DEAD SEA APPLE — noun Usage: usually capitalized D&S Etymology: from the Dead sea 1. or dead sea fruit : apple of sodom 1a …
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KNOPPERN — (n.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and …
Английский словарь Webster
INQUILINE — (n.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
Английский словарь Webster
GALLFLIES — (pl. ) of Gallfly
Английский словарь Webster
BEDEGAR — (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a …
Английский словарь Webster
KNOPPERN — ( n. ) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INQUILINE — ( n. ) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GALLFLIES — ( pl. ) of Gallfly
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEDEGAR — ( n. ) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KNOPPERN — noun a kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, used in tanning and …
Webster English vocab
INQUILINE — noun a gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
Webster English vocab
GALLFLIES — pl of gallfly.
Webster English vocab
BEDEGAR — noun a gall produced on rosebushes, ·esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a …
Webster English vocab
CYNIPS QUERCUSFOLII — common oak gallfly
Animal names in Latin and English vocab

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