gallfly

2 definitions found

gallfly - 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]

gallfly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gallfly
      n 1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other
           plants [syn: gall wasp, gallfly, cynipid wasp,
           cynipid gall wasp]
      2: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
         [syn: gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat]
      3: any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants
         causing galls in which the larvae feed