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hessian fly
(encz) | Hessian fly, |
Hessian fly
(gcide) | Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
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Hessian fly
(gcide) | Cecidomyia \Cec`i*do*my"i*a\
(s[e^]s`[i^]*d[-o]*m[imac]"[i^]*[.a]), prop. n. [Nl., fr. Gr.
khki`s, khki^dos, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zool.)
A genus of small dipterous files, including several very
injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
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hessian fly
(wn) | Hessian fly
n 1: small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains [syn:
Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor] |
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