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 

• HESSIAN FLY (noun)

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)