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fruit fly
noun
: any of various small dipteran flies (such as a drosophila) whose larvae feed on fruit or decaying vegetable matter
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Despite a production life as short as a fruit fly’s, the lure of the DeLorean DMC-12 endures today. 
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022 With unsurpassed flying ability, dragonflies can grab and eat a fruit fly in midair. Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 Previously, the title of world’s largest bacteria belonged to a microbe the size of a fruit fly’s eye. Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 However, recent scientific advances using a distant model organism—the fruit fly—may offer a new window into how brain cells could be regenerated in humans. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Each female fruit fly can lay up to 500 eggs at a time! Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 23 May 2022 Additional honorable mentions were awarded to photos of fruit fly ovaries, an embryonic zebrafish nervous system, and a mouse brain. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2022 Their volatility makes a fruit fly’s flight path seem staid. Larry Light, Fortune, 11 May 2022 Fungus gnats are about the size of a fruit fly—to deal with these, Seloadji says her customers buy a lot of a product called Mosquito Bits (8 oz., $15), which is a beneficial bacteria that kills the larvae in the soil. Dean Kuipers, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2022 See More
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022 With unsurpassed flying ability, dragonflies can grab and eat a fruit fly in midair. Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 Previously, the title of world’s largest bacteria belonged to a microbe the size of a fruit fly’s eye. Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 However, recent scientific advances using a distant model organism—the fruit fly—may offer a new window into how brain cells could be regenerated in humans. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Each female fruit fly can lay up to 500 eggs at a time! Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 23 May 2022 Additional honorable mentions were awarded to photos of fruit fly ovaries, an embryonic zebrafish nervous system, and a mouse brain. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2022 Their volatility makes a fruit fly’s flight path seem staid. Larry Light, Fortune, 11 May 2022 Fungus gnats are about the size of a fruit fly—to deal with these, Seloadji says her customers buy a lot of a product called Mosquito Bits (8 oz., $15), which is a beneficial bacteria that kills the larvae in the soil. Dean Kuipers, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1753, in the meaning defined above
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