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dropsy |
drosera |
droseraceae |
droshky |
drosky |
drosophila
| drosophila melanogaster
| drosophilidae
| drosophyllum
| drosophyllum lusitanicum
| dross
drosophila
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun drosophila has 1 sense
- drosophila(n = noun.animal) drosophila melanogaster - small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance; Array is a kind of fruit fly, pomace fly
is a member of genus drosophila
OXFORD DICTIONARY
drosophila, n. any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila, used extensively in genetic research.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk drosos dew, moisture + philos loving
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