HyperDic: genus_drosophila

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Drosophila:
NOUNanimalgenus Drosophilaa genus of Drosophilidae
English > genus Drosophila: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA genus of Drosophilidae.
Member ofDrosophilidae, family Drosophilidaefruit flies
Membersdrosophila, Drosophila melanogastersmall fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
vinegar flyflies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
Broaderarthropod genusA genus of arthropods
Spanishgenus drosophila
Catalangenus drosophila

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