fruit fly
Noun
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Noun
fruit fly
- any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.
- any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.
- (slang) A woman who enjoys the company of homosexual men; a "fag hag".
- French: mouche des fruits
- German: Fruchtfliege, Bohrfliege
- Russian: пестрокры́лка
- French: drosophile, mouche des fruits
- German: Taufliege, Essigfliege, Obstfliege, Fruchtfliege
- Portuguese: mosca-das-frutas
- Russian: плодо́вая му́ха
- Spanish: mosca de la fruta
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