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mediterranean fruit fly

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Noun

small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit

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Synonyms:
Mediterranean fruit fly medfly Ceratitis capitata

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fig squirting cucumber exploding cucumber ecballium elaterium ficus carica common fig tree common fig mediterranean olive genus ceratitis more...

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