fruit-fly
11fruit fly — noun any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits • Syn: ↑pomace fly • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Hyponyms: ↑ …
12fruit fly — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fruit fly : singular fruit fly plural fruit flies a very small fly that eats decaying fruit …
13fruit fly — /ˈfrut flaɪ/ (say frooht fluy) noun 1. any of various small, dipterous flies which lay their eggs in developing fruit and are serious destructive pests, especially, in Australia, the Queensland fruit fly, Dacus tryoni, and the medfly, Ceratitis… …
14fruit fly — fruit flies N COUNT Fruit flies are very small flies which eat fruit and rotting plants …
15fruit-fly n — Fruit flies see picture …
16fruit fly — noun a small fly which feeds on fruit in both its adult and larval stages. [Families Drosophilidae and Tephritidae: many species.] …
17fruit fly — noun (C) a small fly that eats fruit or decaying plants …
18fruit fly — noun Date: circa 1753 any of various small dipteran flies (as a drosophila) whose larvae feed on fruit or decaying vegetable matter …
19fruit fly — noun a) any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue. b) any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research …
20fruit-fly — n American a. a male homosexual. An elaboration of fruit and synonym of fruitcake. b. a woman who frequents or escorts male homosexuals, a fag hag …
