Fruit flies

fruit fly

1. Any of various small flies of the family Drosophilidae, having larvae that feed on ripening or fermenting fruits and vegetables, especially the common species Drosophila melanogaster often used in genetic research. Also called pomace fly, vinegar fly.

2. Any of various flies of the family Tephritidae, having larvae that hatch in and damage plant tissue.

fruit fly

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small dipterous fly of the family Trypetidae, which feed on and lay their eggs in plant tissues See also gallfly

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any dipterous fly of the genus Drosophila See drosophila

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Noun

fruit fly - any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits

pomace fly

dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

apple maggot, railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella - larvae bore into and feed on apples

Ceratitis capitata, medfly, Mediterranean fruit fly - small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit

drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster - small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

vinegar fly - flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves

Translations

fruit fly n → mosca della frutta

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apple maggot
Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata
dipterous insect
drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophilidae
family Trephritidae
family Trypetidae
genus Ceratitis
genus Drosophila
Medfly
Mediterranean fruit fly
metafemale
metamale
Morgan Thomas Hunt
order Diptera
pomace fly
railroad worm

Byline: ANI London, Oct 15 (ANI): Absence of certain pheromones turn fruit flies into sexy Marilyn Monroes, irresistible to males not only from its own but other species as well, reveals a new study.

Absent pheromones turn fruit flies into irresistible 'Marilyn ... by Asian News International

Fruit flies actually have a love-hate thing with the smell of fruit.

Fruity whiffs can mask the scent of carbon dioxide for flies, ... by Milius, Susan / Science News

Using fruit flies removes the need for mice to be used in exploratory research and speculative drug testing.

University's Alzheimer's test boost by Birmingham Mail (England)

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