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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several small flies of the family Chloropidae, especially Oscinella frit, having larvae that are destructive to cereal plants such as oats and wheat.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Origin unknown.]
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