| fruit fly 
 
 any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
 • Syn:
 pomace fly
 • Hypernyms:
 dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
 • Hyponyms:
 apple maggot, railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella, Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly,
 Ceratitis capitata, drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster, vinegar fly
 
 
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