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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.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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