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Drosophila

//dɹoʊˈsɑfələ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila

    "In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection."

  2. 2
    small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance wordnet

Etymology

From taxonomic name Drosophila.

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