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Cecidomyia
‖
Cecˊi-do-my′i-a
(sĕsˊĭ-dō̍-mī′ĭ-ȧ)
, p
rop.
Noun.
[Nl., fr. Gr.
κηκίς
, κηκῖδος
, a gall nut + μυῖα
a fly.] (Zool.)
A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the
Hessian fly
. See Hessian fly
.