fruit fly
noun
: any of various small dipteran flies (such as a drosophila) whose larvae feed on fruit or decaying vegetable matter
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The Mexican restaurant received a yellow placard after health inspectors found approximately six fruit flies in the bar area.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Take Out the Trash No one likes taking out the trash, but there are worse things, like cleaning up overflow or dealing with fruit flies, because it wasn’t taken care of in a timely manner.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Several groups have measured the stretching of certain cells in the fruit fly embryo and found that their extension depends on the square root of the amount of time the force is applied.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Spiders need live prey like tiny mealworms, cockroaches and fruit flies.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Take Out the Trash No one likes taking out the trash, but there are worse things, like cleaning up overflow or dealing with fruit flies, because it wasn’t taken care of in a timely manner.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Several groups have measured the stretching of certain cells in the fruit fly embryo and found that their extension depends on the square root of the amount of time the force is applied.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Spiders need live prey like tiny mealworms, cockroaches and fruit flies.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Fruit fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fruit%20fly. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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