单词 | vinegar-fly |
释义 | > as lemmasvinegar-fly vinegar-fly n. a fruit-fly, Drosophila melanogaster; cf. drosophila n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Drosophilidae > drosophila melanogaster (vinegar-fly) vinegar-fly1902 1902 L. O. Howard Insect Bk. 185 They are also called ‘vinegar flies’, from the fact that their..larvae are frequently found in canned fruits and pickles which have been imperfectly sealed. 1937 Discovery Sept. 282/2 There is a type of cockroach found in vinegar breweries, at least two kinds of vinegar fly, and..the vinegar eel. 1979 P. L. G. Bateman Household Pests ii. 19 The tiny red-eyed fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, is one of several species associated with fermenting liquids or rotting fruit. They are also known as wine flies, yeast flies or vinegar flies. < as lemmas |
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