fruit fly

What does fruit fly mean?

fruit fly means "any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits".

What is another word for fruit fly?

Close synonyms include pomace fly. 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 fruit fly a common word?

fruit fly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fruit fly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.