Ortalidian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ortalidian \Or`ta*lid"i*an\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family
     {Ortalidae}. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit;
     those of others produce galls on various plants.
     [1913 Webster]