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drosophilas

drosophilas 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 drosophilas

What is drosophilas the plural of?
Drosophilas is the plural of drosophila.

Words near drosophilas in the dictionary

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

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