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vinegar fly

noun

  1. any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.

vinegar fly

noun

  1. See drosophila
    any of various dipterous flies of the genus Drosophila See drosophila

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Origin of vinegar fly1

First recorded in 1900–05

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