Hessian-fly
noun
1.
a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
noun
1.
a small dipterous fly, Mayetiola destructor, whose larvae damage wheat, barley, and rye: family Cecidomyidae (gall midges)
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[hes-ahyt] /ˈhɛs aɪt/ noun 1. a rare mineral, silver telluride, Ag 2 Te, found in silver ores: sometimes contains gold. /ˈhɛsaɪt/ noun 1. a black or grey metallic mineral consisting of silver telluride in cubic crystalline form. Formula: Ag2Te
- Hessonite
[hes-uh-nahyt] /ˈhɛs əˌnaɪt/ noun, Mineralogy. 1. . /ˈhɛsəˌnaɪt/ noun 1. an orange-brown variety of grossularite garnet Also called essonite, cinnamon stone n. 1820, from French essonit (1817), from Greek heson “less” + -ite (2). So called because it is lighter than similar minerals.
- Hest
[hest] /hɛst/ noun, Archaic. 1. . /hɛst/ noun 1. an archaic word for behest n. “bidding, command,” Old English hæs “bidding, behest, command,” from Proto-Germanic *hait-ti-, from *haitan “to call, name” (see hight (v.)). With -t added in Middle English on model of other pairings (cf. wist/wesan).
- Hestia
[hes-tee-uh] /ˈhɛs ti ə/ noun 1. the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth. /ˈhɛstɪə/ noun 1. (Greek myth) the goddess of the hearth Roman counterpart Vesta goddess of the hearth, from Greek hestia “hearth, house, home, family” (see vestal).
- Hester
[hes-ter] /ˈhɛs tər/ noun 1. a female given name, form of .