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单词 mediterranean fruit fly
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Mediterranean fruit fly


noun

a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit.
Also called medfly, Medfly.

Origin of Mediterranean fruit fly

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby Mediterranean fruit fly

Mediterranean anemia, Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean exanthematous fever, Mediterranean fever, Mediterranean flour moth, Mediterranean fruit fly, Mediterranean-hemoglobin E disease, Mediterranean Sea, medium, medium artillery, medium bomber
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British Dictionary definitions for Mediterranean fruit fly

Mediterranean fruit fly

noun

a species of dipterous fly, Ceratitis capitata, having marbled wings, whose maggots tunnel into fruits such as citrus, peach, and vine in the Mediterranean area, South Africa, and elsewhere: family TrypetidaeAlso called: medfly
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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