cecidomyia

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cecidomyia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cecidomyia \Cec`i*do*my"i*a\
     (s[e^]s`[i^]*d[-o]*m[imac]"[i^]*[.a]), prop. n. [Nl., fr. Gr.
     khki`s, khki^dos, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zool.)
     A genus of small dipterous files, including several very
     injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
     [1913 Webster]