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drosophilids

drosophilids is the plural of drosophilid.

Meaning of drosophilid

Noun

drosophilid (plural drosophilids)

  1. Any member of the Drosophilidae.
    • Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372

Questions about drosophilids

What is drosophilids the plural of?
Drosophilids is the plural of drosophilid.

Words near drosophilids in the dictionary

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

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