Definition of Medflies

1. Noun. (plural of medfly) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Medflies

1. medfly [n] - See also: medfly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medflies

meddlesomely
meddlesomeness
meddling
meddlingly
meddlings
meddy
medecine
medetomidine
medevac
medevaced
medevacing
medevacked
medevacking
medevacs
medfalan
medflies (current term)
medfly
medi virus
media
media-historical
media advocacy
media bias
media circus
media circuses
media consultant
media darling
media democracies
media democracy
media kit
media maven

Literary usage of Medflies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mosca: A Factual Fiction by Richard Miller (1997)
"... people and all, with poison to kill medflies. I love it! Humans spraying poison on themselves! The medflies gave their lives to save the rest of us. ..."

2. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"But preliminary DMA analysis of medflies trapped in California during its 1989 and 1991 infestations indicates the flies very likely did not come from ..."

3. A Strategy for Assessing Science: Behavioral and Social Research on Aging by Irwin Feller, Paul C. Stern (2007)
"BSR has supported comparative empirical work on several species (fruit flies, medflies, yeast, nematodes, and humans) that has demonstrated characteristic ..."

4. Pesticides And Food Safety by Environmental Protection Agency (1993)
"... is putting up a cardboard trap, part of an effort to detect medflies early, before they multiply. Cooperative Extension funding for IPM has remained ..."

5. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"... Stute will use sterile medflies: millions to be released in LA's fight against pest. San Francisco, Calif. : The Chronical Publishing Co. ..."

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