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drosophilan

drosophilan noun: any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila.

Noun

drosophilan (plural drosophilans)

  1. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila.

Forms of drosophilan

pluraldrosophilans

Questions about drosophilan

What does drosophilan mean?
Drosophilan means any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila.
What part of speech is drosophilan?
Drosophilan is a noun.
What is the plural of drosophilan?
The plural of drosophilan is drosophilans.

Words near drosophilan in the dictionary

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

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