fruit fly
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2.6
- noun
- /frut flaɪ/
:
mosca de la fruta
- How does a fruit fly get into my apartment?
- Mexican fruit fly
- Mediterranean fruit fly
- Oriental fruit fly
And Craig decodes the the fruit fly genome and says, come to Solara.
- And Craig decodes the the fruit fly genome and says, come to Solara.
- How does a fruit fly get into my apartment?
- And they'll point to experiments where fruit flies were able to learn new behaviors.
- We can all agree no one likes that smelly garbage that attracts fruit flies and ants.
- So we've known for the field is known for a long time that male and female fruit flies have sex specific neurons.
- And then one day I went to go water that plant and there was a fruit fly that flew out of the soil.
- OK, I may not like fruit flies, but some people do.
- So yeast, worms, fruit flies, mice, we now see it in even other organisms.
Examples
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HDOA is excited about the potential that the fruit fly program is opening up for the state.
Academic text (2004) -
PHOTO (COLOR): Helping community members suppress fruit flies is a major goal of the fruit fly management program.
Academic text (2004) -
The life cycle of the fruit fly.
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And then one day I went to go water that plant and there was a fruit fly that flew out of the soil.
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This is the first time the entire brain of an adult fruit fly has been mapped.
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Persimmons are a popular fruit crop in Hawaii, but many orchards were abandoned as fruit fly problems got worse.
Academic text (2004) -
Hello, this is Bridget Jones, and I'm delighted to have Mr Walliker on the show today to help us understand the life cycle of the fruit fly.
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Fruit flies often appear when there is rotten fruit fly left out on the counter.
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He covered the bowl of fruit fly to keep the fruit flies away.
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After cleaning the kitchen, I noticed fewer fruit fly buzzing around.
Synonyms
3
9.3
A small fly that lays eggs inside fruit and damages crops
1
9.9
A small fruit fly used to study genes in labs
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5.2
A small black and white fly whose young eat the inside of fruit
A small insect whose young eat rotten fruit like very ripe bananas
A small fly that lays eggs on rotting fruit or open jars of sweet food
A small black and white fruit fly that lays eggs inside fruit like oranges
A small fly whose young, called apple maggots, grow inside and eat apples
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun-noun compound is compositionally transparent: 'fruit' modifies 'fly', yielding a fly associated with or found near fruit, which matches the provided definition. This follows a common cross-linguistic compounding pattern for pests, so a B1 learner who knows 'fruit' and 'fly' will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name fruit fly comes from a simple picture: a small fly that gathers on soft or rotten fruit and lays eggs there, so the young feed on the fruit. So, fruit fly means 'a small fly that lives on or near fruit'.