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DROSOPHILIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Drosophilidae mean?
• DROSOPHILIDAE (noun)
The noun DROSOPHILIDAE has 1 sense:
1. fruit flies
Familiarity information: DROSOPHILIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fruit flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Drosophilidae; family Drosophilidae
Hypernyms ("Drosophilidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Drosophilidae"):
genus Drosophila (a genus of Drosophilidae)
Holonyms ("Drosophilidae" is a member of...):
Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)
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