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English noun: drosophila

1. drosophila (animal) small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance


SynonymsDrosophila melanogaster


Broader (hypernym)fruit fly, pomace fly


Member meronymgenus Drosophila









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