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Wikispecies

Proper noun

Drosophila f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae – the fruit flies.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Drosophila macrochaetae, Drosophila melanogaster

See also

• See Wikispecies for other species

English

Wikispecies

Noun

drosophila ‎(plural drosophilas)

1. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
   • 2006, Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion, page 127:

     In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection.

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