Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gall midge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: gal-l midge
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect of the Cecidomyiidae family, whose larvae damage crops and other plants, creating galls on the stems and other fleshy parts.

Inflected Forms

gall midges (plural)

Phrases

mesquite gall midge

Synonyms

gall gnat gallfly

Questions

What does gall midge mean?: Any insect of the Cecidomyiidae family, whose larvae damage crops and other plants, creating galls on the stems and other fleshy parts.

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