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English 1 sense of the expression gall midge:
NOUNanimalgall midge, gallfly, gall gnatfragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
Englishgall midge: 1 sense noun 1, animal
MeaningFragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants.
Synonymsgallfly, gall gnat
Member ofCecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidaegall midges
NarrowerHessian fly, Mayetiola destructorsmall fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
Broaderdipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteroninsects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

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