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Rhagoletis

noun

a genus of Trypetidae

• Syn: ↑genus Rhagoletis

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Trypetidae, ↑family Trypetidae, ↑Trephritidae, ↑family Trephritidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑apple maggot, ↑railroad worm, ↑Rhagoletis pomonella

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\\ˌragəˈlēd.ə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek rhag-, rhax malmignatte

: a genus of trypetid flies containing many whose larvae feed on fruits and berries — see apple maggot, cherry fruit fly

Useful english dictionary. 2012.