onion fly
noun
a small grey dipterous insect, Delia antiqua, that is a serious pest of onions. The larvae destroy the bulbs
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onigiri, on in years, oniomania, onion, onion dome, onion fly, onion rings, Onions, onionskin, onion snow, onion weed
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It might be, continued the latter kindly, that youve been bitten by the Diptera onionensis, otherwise known as the onion-fly.
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