apple midge
English
Noun
apple midge (plural apple midges)
- (obsolete) A small dipterous insect (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), the larva of which bores in apples.
- Any midge whose larvae cause damage to apples.
Synonyms
- apple leaf midge
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See also
Sciara on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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References
- “apple midge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- 2004 research PR
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “apple midge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)