fruit-fly

  • 21fruit fly — type of small fly which feeds on fruits and vegetables …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 22Olive fruit fly — Adult on leaf Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …

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  • 23Mediterranean fruit fly — a small, black and white, irregularly banded two winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit. Also called medfly, Medfly.… …

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  • 24Mediterranean fruit fly — Med i*ter*ra ne*an fruit fly, n. A small two winged fly ({Ceratitis capitata}), a native of the Mediterranean countries but now widely distributed in warm regions, which can cause great damage to citrus and other succulent fruit crops when… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25Flying Fruit Fly Circus School — The Flying Fruit Fly Circus School in Wodonga, Victoria is the only primary and secondary school level circus school in Australia. It was founded in 1987 as the educational arm of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. It is a member of the Australian… …

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  • 26cherry fruit fly — noun : a small brown trypetid fly (Rhagoletis cingulata) whose larva lives in the fruit of the cherry * * * cherry fruit fly, a black fly of the northern United States that infests cherries by laying eggs in the fruit …

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  • 27Mediterranean fruit fly — noun small black and white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit • Syn: ↑medfly, ↑Ceratitis capitata • Hypernyms: ↑fruit fly, ↑pomace fly • Member Holonyms: ↑Ceratitis, ↑ …

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  • 28oriental fruit fly — noun : a trypetid fly (Dacus dorsalis) that attacks many fruits, vegetables, and other plants in Hawaii, Formosa, the Philippines, and the Malay archipelago * * * Oriental fruit fly, a fruit fly common in Hawaii, Indonesia, and the Philippines …

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  • 29Mediterranean fruit fly — Med′iterra′nean fruit′ fly n. ent a small, black and white banded, two winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions that implants eggs that hatch into maggots within ripening fruit Also called medfly …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30Mediterranean fruit fly — n. a small, gall forming, two winged fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) whose larvae infest and feed on many kinds of crops, esp. on citrus fruits …

    English World dictionary