noun
Meaning 1
Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drosophila
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, US: /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/
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Canada, US: /dɹəˈsɑfələ/
noun
Meaning 2
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Drosophila melanogaster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fruit fly, pomace fly
History
Etymology
From taxonomic name Drosophila.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هَمَجة (hamaja) — Translations
- Assamese: কুনকুনি মাখি (kunkuni makhi) — Translations
- Czech: octomilka — Translations
- French: drosophile — Translations
- Greek: δροσόφιλα (drosófila) — Translations
- Hungarian: bormuslinca — Translations
- Italian: drosofila — Translations
- Persian: مگس سرکه (magas e serke) — Translations
- Polish: muszka owocowa — Translations
- Polish: muszka owocówka — Translations
- Polish: drozofila — Translations
- Polish: octówka — Translations
- Polish: wywilżanka — Translations
- Polish: wywilżna — Translations
- Polish: wywilżnia — Translations
- Portuguese: drosófila — Translations
- Russian: дрозофи́ла (drozofíla) — Translations
- Spanish: drosófila — Translations
- Swedish: bananflugor — Translations