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Definition of Medfly
1. Noun. Small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit.
Generic synonyms: Fruit Fly, Pomace Fly
Group relationships: Ceratitis, Genus Ceratitis
Definition of Medfly
1. Noun. A small fruit fly, ''Ceratitis capitata'', native to the Mediterranean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Medfly
1. a Mediterranean fruit fly [n -FLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Medfly
Literary usage of Medfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"Box 8-A—Costs of Hawaii's Major Fruit Fly Pests and Their Eradication Three of
Hawaii's insect pests—the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly ..."
2. Truth and Consequences of the Genetic Revolution": Animal Pharm: Old edited by Lisa M. Matocq, Rachel Gibson (1996)
"The introductions of kudzu, zebra mussels, European starlings, the medfly to the
United States are but a few of many unfortunate examples. ..."
3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... medfly, apple codling moth, and potato sprouting. Emphasis is placed on the
use of radioisotopes and machine generated irradiation. ..."
4. America, a Minority Viewpoint by Walter Edward Williams (1982)
"But the medfly is only one of our infestation problems. In Vermont, the tent
caterpillar has defoliated maple and other hardwood trees over an estimated ..."
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