beanfed

Fed on beans. "... a fat and bean - fed horse,..." Shakesp.: Mids. Night's Dream, 11. 1. bean-fly, s. "A beautiful fly of a pale purple colour found on beans, produced from a maggot called Mida." ( Webster .) The term Mida is from Gr. μίδας ( mid as ), an insect stated by Theophrastus to be destructive to pulse.