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DROSOPHILA
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Irregular inflected form: drosophilae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
Synonyms:
drosophila; Drosophila melanogaster
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("drosophila" is a kind of...):
fruit fly; pomace fly (any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits)
Holonyms ("drosophila" is a member of...):
genus Drosophila (a genus of Drosophilidae)
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