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Hessian Fly

Definition: Hessian Fly

Hessian Fly

Noun

1. Small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Hessian Fly

Synonym: Mayetiola destructor (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Hessian Fly

English words defined with "Hessian fly": CecidomyiaWheat midge. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Hessian Fly

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Hessian Fly

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

About one-eighth-inch long, the female Hessian fly emits a sex pheromone from her ovipositor to attract males. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hessian Fly

Language Translations for "Hessian fly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

hesszeni légy. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

essianhay yflay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Hessian Fly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-i-l-n-s-s-y"

-1 letter: shinleafs.

-2 letters: halfness, hyalines, shinleaf.

-3 letters: elysian, falsies, finales, finless, flashes, hansels, hessian, hisself, hyaline, hyalins, inhales, lashins, linseys, lysines, salines, salsify, selfish, sheilas, silanes.

-4 letters: aisles, aliens, alines, anises, easily, elains, elfins, elfish, falsie, fashes, filses, finale, finals, finely, fishes, flanes, flashy, fleshy, hansel, hanses, hassel, hassle, hyalin, hyenas, inhale, inlays, lashes, lassie.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hessian Fly


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 73 73 69 61 6E      46 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100001 01101110 00100000 01000110 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#97 &#110 &#32 &#70 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 0073 0073 0069 0061 006E      0046 006C 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

427185857567802407891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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