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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of tachinid flies, perhaps synonymous with Leskia, erected for the uji-fly of Japan, U. sericaria.
- noun by the silkworm, the eggs hatching and the larvæ developing within the body of the latter, instead of, as is usual with tachina-flies, laying its eggs upon the body of the worm. See
Leskia .
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