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Everyone has a mosquito story they want to tell her—not like when she was studying drosophila, the fruit fly.

The most extensive and conclusive experiments along this line are those by Morgan on the fruit fly Drosophila.

Fruits are especially likely to be infected by the small fruit fly commonly found around markets and stands.

Again, a mutant stock in the fruit fly (Drosophila) has as its most marked characteristic very short wings.

The earlier ripening fruit usually escapes damage from fruit fly, but the late fruit often suffers considerably.

Many kinds of pears do well, but, unfortunately, this fine fruit is very liable to be attacked by fruit fly.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fruit fly, such as: ant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly, and cockroach.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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