dacine

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noun

Any fruit fly of the tephritid subfamily Dacinae.

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Meanings

noundacine (plural dacines)

plural dacines

  1. biologyAny fruit fly of the tephritid subfamily Dacinae.

    Objective 3 included the incorporation of several thousand additional specimens into the web-accessible, Afrotropical tephritid database (M. De Meyer and I. White) and the revision of Afrotropical dacines (White).

    2022 September 6 (last accessed), United States Department of Agriculture, “Archived copy”, in AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2023

Origin

Clipping of taxonomic name Dacinae.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

dacine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dacine

MLA

“dacine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dacine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dacine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dacine.

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