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Mediterranean fruit fly

Med·i·ter·ra·ne·an fruit fly (plural Med·i·ter·ra·ne·an fruit flies)


noun 
Definition:
 
fly that destroys fruit crops: a black-and-white two-winged fly that lays its eggs in citrus and other types of fruit, which the maggots then destroy. Native to: Mediterranean, but spread elsewhere.  Latin name Ceratitis capitata.

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