onion fly

noun

Delia antiqua, a cosmopolitan pest of crops, whose larvae or maggots feed on onions, garlic and other bulbous plants.

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onion maggot
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Meanings

nounonion fly (plural onion flies)

plural onion flies

  1. Delia antiqua, a cosmopolitan pest of crops, whose larvae or maggots feed on onions, garlic and other bulbous plants.

    Synonyms: onion maggot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDelia antiqua, a cosmopolitan pest of crops, whose larvae or maggots feed on onions, garlic and other bulbous plants.

Similar
onion maggot
Also see
onion maggot

Translations

Estonian sibulakärbes
  • sibulakärbesDelia antiqua
Finnish sipulikärpänen
  • sipulikärpänenDelia antiqua
German Zwiebelfliege
  • ZwiebelfliegeDelia antiqua
Swedish lökfluga
  • lökflugaDelia antiqua
Turkish soğan sineki
  • soğan sinekiDelia antiqua
Cite this entry
APA

onion fly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20fly

MLA

“onion fly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20fly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onion fly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20fly.

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