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HESSIAN FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hessian fly mean?
• HESSIAN FLY (noun)
The noun HESSIAN FLY has 1 sense:
1. small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
Familiarity information: HESSIAN FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hessian fly; Mayetiola destructor
Hypernyms ("Hessian fly" is a kind of...):
gall gnat; gall midge; gallfly (fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants)
Holonyms ("Hessian fly" is a member of...):
genus Mayetiola; Mayetiola (a genus of Cecidomyidae)
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