fruit fly
any of numerous small dipterous insects of the family Tephritidae, the larvae of which feed on the fruit of various plants.
Origin of fruit fly
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How to use fruit fly in a sentence
Everyone has a mosquito story they want to tell her—not like when she was studying drosophila, the fruit fly.
Mosquitoes Love Some People More and Science Wants to Know Why | Josh Dzieza | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most extensive and conclusive experiments along this line are those by Morgan on the fruit fly Drosophila.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebFruits are especially likely to be infected by the small fruit fly commonly found around markets and stands.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) | Grant HagueAgain, a mutant stock in the fruit fly (Drosophila) has as its most marked characteristic very short wings.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonThe earlier ripening fruit usually escapes damage from fruit fly, but the late fruit often suffers considerably.
Fruits of Queensland | Albert Benson
Many kinds of pears do well, but, unfortunately, this fine fruit is very liable to be attacked by fruit fly.
Fruits of Queensland | Albert Benson
British Dictionary definitions for fruit fly
any small dipterous fly of the family Trypetidae, which feed on and lay their eggs in plant tissues: See also gallfly
any dipterous fly of the genus Drosophila: See drosophila
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