fruit fly

See also: fruitfly

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Noun

fruit fly (plural fruit flies)

Drosophila

1. any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.
2. any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.
3. (slang) A woman who enjoys the company of homosexual men; a "fag hag".

Translations

Tephritidae

• French: mouche des fruits f
• German: Fruchtfliege (de) f, Bohrfliege f
• Japanese: 実蝿 (mibae), ミバエ (mibae)
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• Persian: مگس میوه (magas e mīve), مگس سرکه (magas e serke)
• Russian: пестрокры́лка (ru) f (pestrokrýlka)
• Ukrainian: осе́тниця f (osétnycja)

Drosophilidae

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果蠅／果蝇 (zh) (guǒyíng), 果蝇 (zh) (guǒyíng)

• Finnish: baanaanikärpänen
• French: drosophile (fr) f, mouche des fruits f
• German: Taufliege f, Essigfliege f, Obstfliege f, Fruchtfliege (de) f
• Japanese: 猩々蝿 (shōjōbae)
• Occitan: mosca de la frucha f, mosca del frucham f
• Persian: مگس سرکه (magas e serke)
• Polish: muszka owocowa f
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• Portuguese: mosca-das-frutas f
• Russian: плодо́вая му́ха f (plodóvaja múxa), дрозофи́ла (ru) f (drozofíla)
• Serbo-Croatian: vinska mušica (sh) f
• Sicilian: zappagghiuni (scn) m
• Spanish: mosca de la fruta f
• Ukrainian: дрозофіла f (drozofila), плодова муха f (plodova muxa)
• Vietnamese: ruồi giấm