greenfly

== English == === Alternative forms === green-fly === Etymology === From green +‎ fly. === Pronunciation === === 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). ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === greenfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “greenfly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “greenfly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.