fruit fly

noun
1.
any of numerous small dipterous insects of the family Tephritidae, the larvae of which feed on the fruit of various plants.
2.
vinegar fly.
3.
drosophila.
Origin:
1745–55

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fruit fly
 
—n
1.  See also gallfly any small dipterous fly of the family Trypetidae, which feed on and lay their eggs in plant tissues
2.  See drosophila any dipterous fly of the genus Drosophila

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