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melon fly

melon fly noun: zeugodacus cucurbitae, a tephritid fruit fly that is a serious agricultural pest, particularly in Hawaii.

Noun

melon fly (plural melon flies)

  1. Zeugodacus cucurbitae, a tephritid fruit fly that is a serious agricultural pest, particularly in Hawaii.

Forms of melon fly

pluralmelon flies

Questions about melon fly

What does melon fly mean?
Melon fly means zeugodacus cucurbitae, a tephritid fruit fly that is a serious agricultural pest, particularly in Hawaii.
What part of speech is melon fly?
Melon fly is a noun.
What is the plural of melon fly?
The plural of melon fly is melon flies.

Words near melon fly in the dictionary

  1. melon bread
  2. melon breads
  3. melon cacti
  4. melon cactus
  5. melon cutting
  6. melon fly
  7. melon head
  8. melon heads
  9. melon heptenal
  10. melon hole
  11. melon holes

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