greenfly

plural greenflies · alternative green-fly

1. Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
   1. Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth.
   2. Especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid.
   3. Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly.
   4. Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead.
   5. Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris).