noun · common

apple fly

apple fly · apple flies

Any of several dipterous insects particularly in the families Tephritidae and…Any of several dipterous insects particularly in the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae whose larvae burrow into apples.

» This apple is this fly's house.

Meaning

1 senses

Any of several dipterous insects particularly in the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae whose larvae burrow into apples.

Examples

1 sentences

This apple is this fly's house.
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Origin

From apple + fly.

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Forms

plural: apple flies

Singular	apple fly
Plural	apple flies

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