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any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits

↑apple maggot, ↑railroad worm, ↑Rhagoletis pomonella, ↑Mediterranean fruit fly, ↑medfly, ↑Ceratitis capitata, ↑drosophila, ↑Drosophila melanogaster, ↑vinegar fly

a. : a member of the genus Drosophila

b. : any of various members of the family Trypetidae (as the Mediterranean fruit fly)

1. any of numerous small dipterous insects of the family Tephritidae, the larvae of which feed on the fruit of various plants.

2. See vinegar fly.

3. drosophila.

[1745-55]

fruit fly noun

A fly of the genus Drosophila that feeds on decaying fruit

Main Entry: ↑fruit

fruit fly UK US noun [countable] [singular fruit fly plural fruit flies]

a very small fly that eats decaying fruit

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fruit fly,

any one of various small flies whose larvae feed on fruits and vegetables. Fruit flies are used in scientific studies of heredity, because of the large size of the chromosomes and the rapidity of generation.

n. a small fly that feeds on fruit in both its adult and larval stages. ● Families Drosophilidae and Tephritidae: many genera. See also drosophila

noun, pl ⋯ flies [count]

: a small fly that eats fruit or rotting vegetables

ˈfruit fly [fruit fly fruit flies] noun

a small fly that eats plants that are decaying, especially fruit