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drosophilae

drosophilae is the plural of drosophila.

Meaning of drosophila

Noun

drosophila (plural drosophilas or drosophilae)

  1. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
    • In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection.2006, Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion, page 127

Questions about drosophilae

What is drosophilae the plural of?
Drosophilae is the plural of drosophila.

Words near drosophilae in the dictionary

  1. drosometer
  2. drosometers
  3. drosomycin
  4. drosomycins
  5. drosophila
  6. drosophilae
  7. drosophilan
  8. drosophilans
  9. drosophilas
  10. drosophilid
  11. drosophilids

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