greenfly

English

Etymology

green +‎ fly

Noun

greenfly (plural greenflies or greenfly)

1. Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:

   These bats prey on greenfly.

   1. Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth
      1. especially, , green peach aphid
   2. , common green bottle fly
   3. , a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead
   4. (syn. )

References

• greenfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “greenfly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “greenfly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.