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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Gallfly

· Gall·fly · IPA
01 n. An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Ill…
pl. Gallflies
  1. 1.
    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.(Zool.) See: Gall