Trypetidae

Trypetidae
noun
fruit flies; some leaf miners
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera

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\\-pəd.əˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Trypeta, type genus (from Greek trypētēs borer, from trypan to bore) + -idae — more at trypan-
: a family of acalyptrate muscoid flies having a piercing ovipositor and having the wings usually banded or spotted that includes a number of important pests of various fruits (as the Mediterranean fruit fly)

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  • Trypetidae —   [griechisch], die Fruchtfliegen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • trypetidae — try·pet·i·dae …   English syllables

  • family Trypetidae — noun fruit flies; some leaf miners • Syn: ↑Trypetidae, ↑Trephritidae, ↑family Trephritidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Dip …   Useful english dictionary

  • ПЕСТРОКРЫЛКИ — (Trypetidae. или Tephritidae) , семейство короткоусых двукрылых насекомых. Отличаются малыми (3 9 мм) размерами, лобной аллейкой щетинок и рисунком на крыльях в виде тёмных полос или пятен. Ок. 4 тыс. видов, распространены широко, наиб.… …   Сельско-хозяйственный энциклопедический словарь

  • fruit fly — 1. any of numerous small dipterous insects of the family Tephritidae, the larvae of which feed on the fruit of various plants. 2. See vinegar fly. 3. drosophila. [1745 55] * * * Any dipteran species of two families: large fruit flies (Trypetidae) …   Universalium

  • Ceratitis — noun Mediterranean fruit flies • Syn: ↑genus Ceratitis • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Trypetidae, ↑family Trypetidae, ↑Trephritidae, ↑family Tre …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Rhagoletis — noun a genus of Trypetidae • Syn: ↑Rhagoletis • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Trypetidae, ↑family Trypetidae, ↑Trephritidae, ↑family Trephritidae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rhagoletis — noun a genus of Trypetidae • Syn: ↑genus Rhagoletis • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Trypetidae, ↑family Trypetidae, ↑Trephritidae, ↑family Treph …   Useful english dictionary

  • trypetid — I. trə̇ˈped.ə̇d, pēd. adjective Etymology: New Latin Trypetidae : of or relating to the Trypetidae II. noun ( s) : a fly of the family Trypetidae …   Useful english dictionary

  • dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …   Universalium

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