💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apple fly"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fruit flynoun | Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research. |
| apple borernoun | Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including: |
| apple mothnoun | Any moth whose larvae are found on apple trees, especially of species Epiphyas postvittana. |
| apple midgenoun | Any midge whose larvae cause damage to apples. |
| apple maggotnoun | Rhagoletis pomonella, a species of fruit fly that is a pest on apples. |
| fruitflynoun | (deprecated in zoologic systematic nomenclature) Alternative spelling of fruit fly. [Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.] |
| codling mothnoun | A small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose larvae (the apple worms) are destructive to apples and other fruit |
| railroad wormnoun | A larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix, characterized by two different colours of bioluminescence, red and green, like railroad signals. |
| awl-flynoun | Any fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps. |
| bee flynoun | Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects. |
| drosophilanoun | Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila |
| vinegar flynoun | Any fly of the genus Drosophila, especially Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly. |
| dance flynoun | Any of the flies in the family Hybotidae. |
| wine flynoun | Any of the genus Piophila of small two-winged flies. |
| drosophilannoun | Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila. |
| banana flynoun | The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). |
| blowflynoun | Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds. |
| hop flynoun | A kind of aphid that is destructive to hop plantations. |
| codlin mothnoun | Alternative form of codling moth. [A small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose larvae (the apple worms) are destructive to apples and other fruit] |
| robber flynoun | Any fly of the family Asilidae. |
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