'Anthomyia radicum' definitions:

Definition of 'Anthomyia radicum'

From: GCIDE
  • Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.] [1913 Webster]
  • Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.
  • Turnip flea (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, striolata} syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.
  • Turnip fly. (Zool.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live in the turnip root. [1913 Webster]