"banana fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: banana flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} banana fly (plural banana flies)
  1. The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-banana_fly-en-noun-KLQUs6S1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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