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Fruit fly

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pomace flynounany of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
fruitflynoun(deprecated in zoologic systematic nomenclature) Alternative spelling of fruit fly. [Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.]
forest flynounA horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
apple flynounAny of several dipterous insects particularly in the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae whose larvae burrow into apples.
tephritidnounA member of the Tephritidae, a family of fruit flies.
trypetidnounAny fruit flyin the family Trypetidae, now considered to be the tephritid subfamily Trypetinae.
frit flynounAny fly in the family Chloropidae.
hop flynounA kind of aphid that is destructive to hop plantations.
phoridnounAny fly of the family Phoridae.
bee flynounAny 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.
drain flynounAny species in the subfamily Psychodinae of the family Psychodidae.
wine flynounAny of the genus Piophila of small two-winged flies.
awl-flynounAny fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps.
leaf-miner flynounA fly in the family Agromyzidae, most larvae of which are leaf miners on various plants.
bat flynounAny of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings.
fungus mothnounAny of various moths in the family Tineidae.
blowflynounAny of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
tephritoidnoun(zoology) Any fly of the superfamily Tephritoidea.
tephiritidnounMisspelling of tephritid. [A member of the Tephritidae, a family of fruit flies.]
vinegar flynounAny fly of the genus Drosophila, especially Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly.

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