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单词 vegetable fly
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Definition of vegetable fly in English:

vegetable fly

noun
historical
  • An insect invaded and deformed at the larval stage by a fungus of the ascomycete genus Cordyceps (formerly thought to be the insect itself producing a plant-like growth).

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.

 
 

Definition of vegetable fly in US English:

vegetable fly

noun
historical
  • An insect invaded and deformed at the larval stage by a fungus of the ascomycete genus Cordyceps (formerly thought to be the insect itself producing a plant-like growth).

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.

 
 
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