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Fruit fly

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.
  2. 2
    any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits wordnet
  3. 3
    Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.
  4. 4
    A woman who enjoys the company of homosexual men. slang

    "Dan Valentine works as a bartender in a pissy and discreet Boston Village gay bar called "Bonaparte's". Clarisse is a chi-chi phruit phly who occasionally puts in time pushing real estate in fash Back Bay and the South End."

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