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    MAYETIOLA DESTRUCTOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grainsplay

    Synonyms:

    Hessian fly; Mayetiola destructor

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Mayetiola destructor" is a kind of...):

    gall gnat; gall midge; gallfly (fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants)

    Holonyms ("Mayetiola destructor" is a member of...):

    genus Mayetiola; Mayetiola (a genus of Cecidomyidae)

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