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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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;


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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