Plural of gall

Forms of gall

Galls in a sentence

• Even so, Redi retained a belief that in certain other cases—the origin of parasites inside the human or animal body or of grubs inside of oak galls—there must be spontaneous generation.1974, Philip P. Wiener, editor, Dictionary of the History of Ideas
• If citizens hear overmuch of the bliss of others, it galls the secrecy of their hearts.1947, Pindar, “Pythia 1”, in Richmond Lattimore, transl., Odes, University of Chicago Press, page 46. From the entry overmuch
• Galls on tamboti branches are caused by the larvae of a wasp of the tanaostigmatid family, which bores into the wood to lay her eggs.1993, Braam Van Wyk, Bushveld Trees: Lifeblood of the Transvaal Lowveld, page 70. From the entry tanaostigmatid
• However, other phylloxerans can be seriously damaging to other woody plants, notably the grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch), that produces, alternately, leaf galls and root galls on grape vines.2008, “Shade Tree Arthropods and Their Management”, in John L. Capinera, editor, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, page 3363. From the entry phylloxeran
• Galls when found were inspected for inducers, collected separately in plastic bags when an insect or mite was found and were provisionally morphotyped (for organ, shape, colour and host plant).2014, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Neotropical Insect Galls, page 227. From the entry morphotype

Meaning of gall

1. noun Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
2. noun A gallbladder.
3. noun Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.

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Questions about the plural of gall

What is the plural of gall?

The plural of gall is galls.

Is gall countable?

Gall is a countable and uncountable noun.