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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains;
[syn: Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hessian \Hes"sian\, a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hessian fly n 1: small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains [syn: Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor]