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DROSOPHILA (drosophilae)

Dictionary entry overview: What does drosophila mean?

• DROSOPHILA (noun)
The noun DROSOPHILA has 1 sense:

1. small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

Familiarity information: DROSOPHILA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DROSOPHILA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

drosophila; Drosophila melanogaster

Hypernyms ("drosophila" is a kind of...):

fruit fly; pomace fly (any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits)

Holonyms ("drosophila" is a member of...):

genus Drosophila (a genus of Drosophilidae)

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