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Drosophila

Drosophila

See also: drosophila

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Drosophila f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae – the fruit flies.

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See also

  • See Wikispecies for other species

drosophila

drosophila

See also: Drosophila

English

Wikispecies

Noun

drosophila (plural drosophilas)

  1. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
    • 2006, Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion, page 127:
      In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection.

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