greenfly
nounEtymology From green + fly.
› Any of several kinds of common insects green…
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Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth.
› Any of several kinds of common insects green… › Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known…
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Especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid.
› Any of several kinds of common insects green…
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Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly.
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Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead.
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Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris).
- Synonyms
- green blight