MEDFLY

Meaning of MEDFLY in English

/med"fluy'/ , n. , pl. medflies .

See Mediterranean fruit fly .

Also, Medfly .

[ 1930-35; by shortening ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MEDFLY — noun Usage: often capitalized Date: 1935 Mediterranean fruit fly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEDFLY — ˈmed+ˌ- noun Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: Med iterranean + fly : mediterranean fruit fly
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEDFLY — n. black and white fruit fly of the Mediterranean
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MEDFLY — noun Usage: often capitalized Date: 1935 : Mediterranean fruit fly
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEDFLY — ■ noun ( plural medflies ) chiefly N. Amer. a Mediterranean fruit fly whose larvae are a pest of citrus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MEDFLY — [med.fly] n, often cap (1935): mediterranean fruit fly
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEDFLY — medfly BrE AmE ˈmed flaɪ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MEDFLY — n. Pronunciation: ' med- ˌ fl ī Function: noun Usage: often cap Date: 1935 : MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY — a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY — Date: 1899 : a small widely distributed yellowish-brown dipteran fly ( Ceratitis capitata ) with a banded abdomen whose larva …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUNTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bargain hunter (= someone looking for a bargain ) ▪ Bargain hunters queued for …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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