Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HES'SIAN-FLY
HES'SIAN-FLY, n.
The Cecidomyia destructor, an insect destructive to wheat; so called from the opinion that it was brought into this country by the Hessian troops, during the revolution. It may be called the wheat-fly.
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