gallfly

noun

Etymology

From gall + fly.

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

Definitions

  1. Synonym of gall wasp.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at gallfly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at gallfly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at gallfly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA