"fruit fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fruit fly.ogg Forms: fruit flies [plural]
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  1. Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Tephritoid flies Translations (Tephritidae): yenyen (Antillean Creole), nyennyen (Antillean Creole), mouche des fruits [feminine] (French), Fruchtfliege [feminine] (German), Bohrfliege [feminine] (German), fúrólégy (Hungarian), 実蝿 (mibae) (alt: みばえ) (Japanese), ミバエ (mibae) (Japanese), 초파리 (chopari) (Korean), مگس میوه (magas-e mive) (Persian), مگس سرکه (magas-e serke) (Persian), muszka owocowa [feminine] (Polish), muszka owocówka [feminine] (Polish), drozofila [feminine] (Polish), octówka [feminine] (Polish), wywilżanka [feminine] (Polish), wywilżna [feminine] (Polish), wywilżnia [feminine] (Polish), пестрокры́лка (pestrokrýlka) [feminine] (Russian), borrfluga [common-gender] (Swedish), fruktfluga (english: anglicism) [common-gender] (Swedish), осе́тниця (osétnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Tephritoid flies Synonyms: fruitfly [proscribed] Translations (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster): 果蠅 (Chinese Mandarin), 果蝇 (guǒyíng) (Chinese Mandarin), banaanikärpänen (Finnish), drosophile [feminine] (French), mouche des fruits [feminine] (French), Taufliege [feminine] (German), Essigfliege [feminine] (German), Obstfliege [feminine] (German), Fruchtfliege [feminine] (German), gyümölcslégy (Hungarian), harmatlégy (Hungarian), borlégy (Hungarian), muslica (Hungarian), muslinca (Hungarian), moscerino della frutta (Italian), 猩々蝿 (shōjōbae) (alt: しょうじょうばえ) (Japanese), 초파리과 (choparigwa) (Korean), mosca de la frucha [feminine] (Occitan), mosca del frucham [feminine] (Occitan), مگس سرکه (magas-e serke) (Persian), muszka owocowa [feminine] (Polish), muszka owocówka [feminine] (Polish), drozofila [feminine] (Polish), octówka [feminine] (Polish), wywilżanka [feminine] (Polish), wywilżna [feminine] (Polish), wywilżnia [feminine] (Polish), mosca-das-frutas [feminine] (Portuguese), плодо́вая му́ха (plodóvaja múxa) [feminine] (Russian), дрозофи́ла (drozofíla) [feminine] (Russian), vinska mušica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zappagghiuni [masculine] (Sicilian), mosca de la fruta [feminine] (Spanish), bananfluga (taxonomic: Drosophila melanogaster) (Swedish), meyve sineği (Turkish), дрозофі́ла (drozofíla) [feminine] (Ukrainian), плодова́ му́ха (plodová múxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), плодо́ва му́ха (plodóva múxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ruồi giấm (Vietnamese)
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  3. (slang) A woman who enjoys the company of homosexual men. Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Tephritoid flies Synonyms: fag hag
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "in zoologic systematic nomenclature"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "fruitfly"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gcf",
      "lang": "Antillean Creole",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "yenyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gcf",
      "lang": "Antillean Creole",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "nyennyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mouche des fruits"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fruchtfliege"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bohrfliege"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "fúrólégy"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みばえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mibae",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "実蝿"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mibae",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "ミバエ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chopari",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "초파리"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "magas-e mive",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "مگس میوه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "magas-e serke",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "word": "مگس سرکه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muszka owocowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muszka owocówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drozofila"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "octówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wywilżanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wywilżna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wywilżnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pestrokrýlka",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пестрокры́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "borrfluga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "anglicism",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fruktfluga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osétnycja",
      "sense": "Tephritidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осе́тниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "果蠅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǒyíng",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "果蝇"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "banaanikärpänen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drosophile"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mouche des fruits"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Taufliege"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Essigfliege"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Obstfliege"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fruchtfliege"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "gyümölcslégy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "harmatlégy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "borlégy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "muslica"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "muslinca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "moscerino della frutta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうじょうばえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōjōbae",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "猩々蝿"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "choparigwa",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "초파리과"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mosca de la frucha"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mosca del frucham"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "magas-e serke",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "مگس سرکه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muszka owocowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muszka owocówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drozofila"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "octówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wywilżanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wywilżna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wywilżnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mosca-das-frutas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plodóvaja múxa",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плодо́вая му́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drozofíla",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дрозофи́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vinska mušica"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zappagghiuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mosca de la fruta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "taxonomic": "Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "bananfluga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "meyve sineği"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "drozofíla",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дрозофі́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plodová múxa",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плодова́ му́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plodóva múxa",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плодо́ва му́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster",
      "word": "ruồi giấm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fruit fly"
}

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