noun
fruit flies; some leaf miners
• Syn: ↑family Trypetidae, ↑Trephritidae, ↑family Trephritidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑Rhagoletis, ↑genus Rhagoletis, ↑Ceratitis, ↑genus Ceratitis, ↑Philophylla, ↑genus Philophylla
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\\-pəd.əˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Trypeta, type genus (from Greek trypētēs borer, from trypan to bore) + -idae — more at trypan-
: a family of acalyptrate muscoid flies having a piercing ovipositor and having the wings usually banded or spotted that includes a number of important pests of various fruits (as the Mediterranean fruit fly)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.