olive fly

noun

A fruit fly of species Bactrocera oleae.

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Meanings

nounolive fly (plural olive flies)

plural olive flies

  1. A fruit fly of species Bactrocera oleae.

    This included work on 3 species of Psyttalia and on Tetrastichus giffardii by S. Mohamed. Identifications were provided for biocontrol programs on olive fly, and we made several attempts to collect more olive fly parasitoids in Kenya.

    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

    Synonyms: olive fruit fly

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fruit fly of species Bactrocera oleae.

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olive fruit fly
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olive fruit fly

Origin

From olive + fly.

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APA

olive fly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olive%20fly

MLA

“olive fly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olive%20fly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “olive fly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olive%20fly.

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