Sinonim gallfly

English Thesaurus

1. any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	insect,
definition	:	small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal)

2. fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects,
definition	:	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 (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	hessian fly, mayetiola destructor,
definition	:	small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cecidomyidae, family cecidomyidae,
definition	:	gall midges (noun.animal)

3. small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	wasp,
definition	:	social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cynipidae, family cynipidae,
definition	:	a family of Hymenoptera (noun.animal)