fruit fly

fruit fly

n.

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.

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fruit fly

Noun

1. a small fly that feeds on and lays its eggs in plant tissues

2. a similar fly that feeds on plant sap, decaying fruit, etc., and is widely used in genetic experiments

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 de la fruta

fruit fly n → mouche f du vinaigre, drosophile f

fruit fly n → Fruchtfliege f

fruit fly n → mosca della frutta