Library / English Dictionary

DROSOPHILA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: drosophilae   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

drosophila; Drosophila melanogaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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