beetfly

noun

Etymology

From beet + fly.

  1. derived from *plewk-
  2. inherited from *fleugǭ
  3. inherited from *fleugā
  4. inherited from flȳġe
  5. inherited from flye
  6. compounded as beetfly — “beet + fly

Definitions

  1. Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and…

    Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.

The neighborhood

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