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 Cec·i·do·my·i·a prop. n.  Zool. A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
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 Hes·sian a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
 Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
 Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking.
 Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
 Hessian fly Zool., a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larvae live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.

 Hessian fly
      n : small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains [syn: Mayetiola
          destructor]