Galls or cecidia are outgrowths on the surface of lifeforms.
Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or warts in animals. They can be caused by various parasites, from fungi and bacteria, to insects and mites. Plant galls are often highly organized structures and because of this the cause of the gall can often be determined without the actual agent being identified. This applies particularly to some insect and mite plant galls. The study of plant galls is known as cecidology.
In human pathology, a gall is a raised sore on the skin, usually caused by chafing or rubbing.
Insect galls are the highly distinctive plant structures formed by some herbivorous insects as their own microhabitats. They are plant tissue which is controlled by the insect. Galls act as both the habitat and food source for the maker of the gall. The interior of a gall can contain edible nutritious starch and other tissues. Some galls act as "physiologic sinks", concentrating resources in the gall from the surrounding plant parts. Galls may also provide the insect with physical protection from predators.
Gall (c. 1840–December 5, 1894) Lakota Phizí, (gall bladder) was a battle leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota in the long war against the United States. He was also one of the commanders in the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Born in present-day South Dakota around 1840, and orphaned, Gall was said to receive his name after eating the gall of an animal killed by a neighbor.
An accomplished warrior by his late teens, Gall became a war chief in his twenties. As a Lakota war leader in the long conflict against United States intrusion onto tribal lands, Gall served with Sitting Bull during several battles, including the famous Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Since the early 1980s, archaeological researchers conducted battlefield excavations after a major grass fire. Historians have been studying accounts by participating Indians and tribal oral histories. Based on these elements, a contemporary reassessment of the Battle of the Little Bighorn has given Gall greater credit for several crucial tactical decisions that contributed to the Sioux and Cheyenne's overpowering defeat of the five companies of cavalry led by Custer of the 7th Cavalry.
Gall can mean:
BEAUTIFUL BROTHER, MY HEART IS ON FIRE
DAISY CHAIN DREAMER
I'M YOURS AND YOU'RE MINE YEAH
FROM WHAT I HEAR, IT SEEMS WE'RE BREAKIN' EVERY BODY'S
RULES
BUT I DON'T MIND BABY, I'M EASY AS A DAY OFF SCHOOL
I, I WANNA BE YOUR GROUPIE
A FOLLOWER OF BEAUTY
I MADE A T-SHIRT WITH YOUR NAME ON IT
AH, YOU FILL MY HEART WITH FLOWERS
I'VE BEEN UP FOR HOURS
AND BABY I'D DO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED
SNOW FALLIN' SMILE PUTS THE STARS ON MY PILLOW
ISN'T IT WILD BABY, I GO WHERE YOU GO
CHASIN' CLOUDS WITH YOU SO PRETTY IN THE SUMMER SKY
ALL I KNOW IS I'M SO HAPPY BABY I COULD DIE
I, I WANNA BE YOUR GROUPIE
A FOLLOWER OF BEAUTY
I MADE A T-SHIRT WITH YOUR NAME ON IT
AH, YOU FILL MY HEART WITH FLOWERS
I'VE BEEN UP FOR HOURS
AND BABY I'D DO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED