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Fruit fly Moderate

Fruit fly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits

2

any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dipterous insect
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
apple maggot Mediterranean fruit fly drosophila vinegar fly
Rhyming Words
fly oxfly refly mcfly befly barfly liefly naifly owlfly selfly wolfly apefly gadfly mayfly waffly bobfly dayfly ruffly medfly chefly
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