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Mediterranean fruit fly
noun
- a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit.
Mediterranean fruit fly
noun
- a species of dipterous fly, Ceratitis capitata, having marbled wings, whose maggots tunnel into fruits such as citrus, peach, and vine in the Mediterranean area, South Africa, and elsewhere: family Trypetidae Also calledmedfly
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Mediterranean fruit fly1
First recorded in 1905–10
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