| 单词 | drosophila |
| 释义 | drosophila[ droh-sof-uh-luh, druh- ] / droʊˈsɒf ə lə, drə- / noun, plural dro·soph·i·las, dro·soph·i·lae [droh-sof-uh-lee, druh-]. /droʊˈsɒf əˌli, drə-/.a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development. Origin of drosophila<New Latin <Greek dróso(s) dew + New Latin -phila<Greek -philē, feminine of -philos-phile Words nearby drosophiladrop zone, drosera, droshky, drosky, drosometer, drosophila, dross, drossy, Droste-Hülshoff, drought, droughty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drosophilaBritish Dictionary definitions for drosophiladrosophila / (drɒˈsɒfɪlə) / noun plural -las or -lae (-ˌliː)any small dipterous fly of the genus Drosophila, esp D. melanogaster, a species widely used in laboratory genetics studies: family Drosophilidae. They feed on plant sap, decaying fruit, etcAlso called: fruit fly, vinegar fly Word Origin for drosophilaC19: New Latin, from Greek drosos dew, water + -phila; see -phile 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 Scientific definitions for drosophiladrosophila [ drō-sŏf′ə-lə ] Any of various small fruit flies of the genus Drosophila, one species of which (D. melanogaster) is used extensively in genetic research to study patterns of inheritance and the functions of genes. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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