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Fruit fly
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Dipterans & Tephritoid flies:
Any
insect
of the Tephritidae family, whose
larvae
damage
plant
tissue.
●
In Dipterans & Tephritoid flies:
Any
insect
of the Drosophilidae family, whose
larvae
feed
on
ripening
fruit
, especially the
species
Drosophila
melanogaster
that is used in
genetic
research.
●
In Tephritoid flies:
A
woman
who
enjoys
the company of
homosexual
men
; a "fag hag".
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Fruitfly
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