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 team first made these findings in fruit flies, but the discovery also translated to human cells that modeled tau build-up.
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New Atlas, 30 June 2025
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, 26 June 2025
In additional experiments with fruit flies and with a plastic probe, the researchers showed that worm towers strategically move towards any object that touches them or brushes by.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Inspectors also found about 50 fruit flies in the bar area.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
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New Atlas, 30 June 2025
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, 26 June 2025
In additional experiments with fruit flies and with a plastic probe, the researchers showed that worm towers strategically move towards any object that touches them or brushes by.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Inspectors also found about 50 fruit flies in the bar area.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fruit fly
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“Fruit fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fruit%20fly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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