gallicola

noun

gal·​lic·​o·​la

gȯˈlikələ,

gaˈ-,

gəˈ-

plural -s

: the stage or an individual of some gall aphids and phylloxerans that produces leaf galls

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from galli- (from Latin galla gall) + -cola (excrescence)

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