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garbage fly

garbage fly noun: the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

Noun

garbage fly (plural garbage flies)

  1. The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

Forms of garbage fly

pluralgarbage flies

Questions about garbage fly

What does garbage fly mean?
Garbage fly means the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).
What part of speech is garbage fly?
Garbage fly is a noun.
What is the plural of garbage fly?
The plural of garbage fly is garbage flies.

Words near garbage fly in the dictionary

  1. garbage dump
  2. garbage dumps
  3. garbage fire
  4. garbage fires
  5. garbage flies
  6. garbage fly
  7. garbage gleaning
  8. Garbage Grove
  9. garbage heap of history
  10. garbage heaps of history
  11. garbage in, garbage out

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