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ceratitidine

ceratitidine adjective: related to flies of the tephritid tribe Ceratitidini.

Adjective

ceratitidine (comparative more ceratitidine, superlative most ceratitidine)

  1. Related to flies of the tephritid tribe Ceratitidini.
    • The research included development of a diagnostic tool for identification of ceratitidine tephritids, and we had an opportunity to test this on maggots that were intercepted from a shipment originating in Europe.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...

Forms of ceratitidine

comparativemore ceratitidine
superlativemost ceratitidine

Origin of ceratitidine

From translingual Ceratitidi + -ine.

Questions about ceratitidine

What does ceratitidine mean?
Ceratitidine means related to flies of the tephritid tribe Ceratitidini.
What part of speech is ceratitidine?
Ceratitidine is an adjective.

Words near ceratitidine in the dictionary

  1. cerations
  2. ceratite
  3. ceratites
  4. ceratitic
  5. ceratitid
  6. ceratitidine
  7. ceratitids
  8. ceratitis
  9. ceratium
  10. cerato-
  11. ceratobasidiaceous

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