drosophila

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See also: Drosophila

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Etymology

From the genus name Drosophila.

Pronunciation

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Noun

drosophila (plural drosophilas or drosophilae)

  1. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
    A 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.
    • 2013, Graham G. Stewart, Inge Russell, Advances in Biotechnology: Proceedings of the Fifth International Yeast Symposium Held in London, Canada, July 20-25, 1980, Elsevier (→ISBN), page 494
      Moreover, the host plant relationships of cactus-specific drosophilae which serve as dispersal agents are well known (Fellows and Heed, 1972; Heed, 1978). The discussion which follows is based on the above studies of yeasts, cacti and drosophilae.

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