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cecidomyia
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cecidomyia, prop. n. [Nl., fr. Gr. khki`s, khki^dos, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.].
A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly . See Hessian fly. [1913 Webster]
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