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med⋅fly

  [med-flahy]
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–noun, plural -flies.
Mediterranean fruit fly.
Also, Medfly.

Origin:
1930–35; by shortening

Mediterranean fruit fly

 
–noun
a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit.
Also called medfly, Medfly.

Origin:
1905–10
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Med·fly also med·fly   (měd'flī')   
n.   Informal
The Mediterranean fruit fly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
medfly
Mediterranean fruit fly
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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