单词 | mediterranean fruit fly |
释义 | Mediterranean fruit flynouna 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 flyFirst recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby Mediterranean fruit flyMediterranean 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Mediterranean fruit flyMediterranean fruit fly nouna 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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