ceratitis capitata

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsMediterranean fruit flymedfly

   Broaderfruit fly

   Part ofCeratitis

Questions about ceratitis capitata

What does ceratitis capitata mean?

ceratitis capitata means "small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit".

What is another word for ceratitis capitata?

Close synonyms include Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ceratitis capitata a common word?

ceratitis capitata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.