noun
any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
• Syn: ↑fruit fly
• Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two-winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron
• Hyponyms:
↑apple maggot, ↑railroad worm, ↑Rhagoletis pomonella, ↑Mediterranean fruit fly, ↑medfly, ↑Ceratitis capitata, ↑drosophila, ↑Drosophila melanogaster, ↑vinegar fly
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noun* * *
pomace fly,
any one of a group of several flies whose larvae live in decaying fruit; fruit fly.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.