fruktfluga
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From frukt (“fruit”) + fluga (“fly”). Perhaps an anglicism.
Noun
[edit]fruktfluga c
- Synonym of bananfluga (“a fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster”)
- Synonym of borrfluga (“any insect of the Tephritidae family, some of the fruit flies”)
Usage notes
[edit]Does not appear in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) or Svensk ordbok (SO). Mentioned in an example for borrfluga in SO.
Declension
[edit]Declension of fruktfluga | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fruktfluga | fruktflugan | fruktflugor | fruktflugorna |
Genitive | fruktflugas | fruktflugans | fruktflugors | fruktflugornas |