Etymology

drosophila

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Today it means: Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila Full definition →

taxonomic name Drosophila
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The story

  1. taxonomic name · borrowed fromDrosophila
  2. English todaydrosophila

From taxonomic name Drosophila.

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