GREENFLY

greenfly

(noun) greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

greenfly (plural greenflies or greenfly)

Any of several kinds of common insects green in color

Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth

especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid

Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly

Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead

Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris)

Source: Wiktionary



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