Etymology

tephritid

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Today it means: A member of the Tephritidae, a family of fruit flies. Full definition →

translingual Tephritidae
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromTephritidae
  2. English todaytephritid

Borrowed from translingual Tephritidae, equivalent to Latin tephrītis + -id.

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