Found 2 items, similar to Gallflies.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gallfly gallfly n 1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants [syn: gall wasp, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall wasp ] 2: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants [syn: gall midge, gall gnat] 3: any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gallflies Gallfly \Gall"fly`\, n.; pl. Gallflies. (Zo["o]l.) 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]