"apple fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: apple flies [plural]
Etymology: apple + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|apple|fly}} apple + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} apple fly (plural apple flies)
  1. Any of several dipterous insects particularly in the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae whose larvae burrow into apples. Categories (lifeform): Tephritoid flies

Inflected forms

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