fruit flies

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• fruit fly — fruit flies N COUNT Fruit flies are very small flies which eat fruit and rotting plants …   English dictionary

• fruit-fly n — Fruit flies see picture …   English expressions

• fruit fly — 1. any of numerous small dipterous insects of the family Tephritidae, the larvae of which feed on the fruit of various plants. 2. See vinegar fly. 3. drosophila. [1745 55] * * * Any dipteran species of two families: large fruit flies (Trypetidae) …   Universalium

• fruit fly — noun any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits • Syn: ↑pomace fly • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• fruit fly — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fruit fly : singular fruit fly plural fruit flies a very small fly that eats decaying fruit …   English dictionary

• Flies graveyard — or Flies Cemetery are nicknames used in various parts of the United Kingdom for sweet pastries filled with currants or raisins, which are the flies in the graveyard or cemetery . In Scotland the formal name is fruit slice or fruit squares . In… …   Wikipedia

• fruit fly — fruit′ fly n. 1) ent any of numerous small, black or steely green flies of the family Tephritidae, whose eggs are deposited in fruit for the larvae to feed on after hatching 2) ent Also called drosophila any of numerous similar yellowish flies of …   From formal English to slang

• fruit fly — n any of various small dipteran flies (as a drosophila) whose larvae feed on fruit or decaying vegetable matter * * * see Drosophila …   Medical dictionary

• fruit fly — n. 1. any of a family (Tephritidae) of small dipterous flies whose larvae feed on fruits and vegetables 2. DROSOPHILA …   English World dictionary

• fruit — n. & v. n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. b (in sing.) these in quantity (eats fruit). 2 the seed of a plant or tree with its covering, e.g. an acorn, pea pod, cherry, etc. 3 (usu. in pl.)… …   Useful english dictionary

• fruit 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… …