"vinegar fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vinegar flies [plural]
Etymology: So called because it may breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles. Head templates: {{en-noun}} vinegar fly (plural vinegar flies)
  1. Any fly of the family Drosophilidae
    Sense id: en-vinegar_fly-en-noun-lhHBaXeR
  2. Any fly of the family Drosophilidae
    Any fly of the genus Drosophila, especially Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly.     Categories (lifeform): Dipterans
    Sense id: en-vinegar_fly-en-noun-Ly-RPTBc Disambiguation of Dipterans: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 69

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