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What (who) is fruit fly - definition
fruit fly
(fruit flies)
Fruit flies are very small flies which eat fruit and rotting plants.
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fruit fly
¦ noun a small fly which feeds on fruit in both its adult and larval stages. [Families Drosophilidae and Tephritidae: many species.]
Mediterranean fruit fly
SPECIES OF INSECT
Medfly; Mediterranean fruit fly; Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Med-fly; Med Fly; Ceratitis citriperda; Ceratitis hispanica; Ceratitis citripeda; Trypeta capitata; Pardalaspis asparagi; Tephritis capitata; California medfly crisis; Mediterranean fruit flies; Medbug; Medbugs; Med bug; Med bugs
·add. ·- A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.
Examples of use of fruit fly
1. The tephritid fruit fly loves this kind of plant.
2. I speak, of course, of Drosophila melanogaster; the fruit fly.
3. A female fruit fly can produce 500 eggs, not easily visible to the naked eye.
4. The Whitworth Institute for Advanced Fruit Fly Research has a certain ring to it.
5. In the 1'50s most studies on the effects of radiation were done using the common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). However, extrapolating results from insects to humans was unsatisfactory, and in 1'57 Puck was able to correct earlier assumptions about radiation safety based on the fruit fly.