gallflies

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gallflies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gallfly \Gall"fly`\, n.; pl. Gallflies. (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]