"olive fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: olive flies [plural]
Etymology: olive + fly Etymology templates: {{com|en|olive|fly}} olive + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} olive fly (plural olive flies)
  1. A fruit fly of species Bactrocera oleae. Categories (lifeform): Tephritoid flies Synonyms: olive fruit fly
    Sense id: en-olive_fly-en-noun-1hANASHe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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