- Ceratitis
- nounMediterranean fruit flies• Syn: ↑genus Ceratitis• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Trypetidae, ↑family Trypetidae, ↑Trephritidae, ↑family Trephritidae• Member Meronyms: ↑Mediterranean fruit fly, ↑medfly, ↑Ceratitis capitata
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\\ˌserəˈtīd.ə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized: a genus of acalyptrate flies (family Trypetidae) including the Mediterranean fruit fly* * *
Useful english dictionary. 2012.