apple fly
noun
Any of various small flying insects found on apples or apple trees; (now) specifically the fly Rhagoletis pomonella (family Trypetidae), native to North America, the larva of which is the apple maggot.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Cyclopaedia.
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