| NOUN | animal | gallfly, gall wasp, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall wasp | small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants |
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| animal | gallfly, gall midge, gall gnat | fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants | |
| animal | gallfly | any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed |
| Meaning | small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants. | |
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| Synonyms | gall wasp, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall wasp | |
| Member of | Cynipidae, family Cynipidae | A family of Hymenoptera |
| Broader | wasp | social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting |
| Meaning | Fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants. | |
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| Synonyms | gall midge, gall gnat | |
| Member of | Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae | gall midges |
| Narrower | Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor | small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains |
| Broader | dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron | insects 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 |
| Meaning | Any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed. | |
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| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
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