Ceratitis

noun

Mediterranean 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\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek keratitis horned, from kerat-, keras horn

: a genus of acalyptrate flies (family Trypetidae) including the Mediterranean fruit fly

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ceratitis same as ↑keratitis (see under ↑keratin).