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fruit fly en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.
2. Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.
3. (slang) A woman who enjoys the company of gay men.
   • Dan Valentine works as a bartender in a pissy and discreet Boston Village gay bar called "Bonaparte's". Clarisse is a chi-chi phruit phly who occasionally puts in time pushing real estate in fash Back Bay and the South End. 1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12:
4. (slang, uncommon) A heterosexual man who enjoys the company of gay men, or queer people in general.

Forms

Deriveds

Mexican fruit fly · Mediterranean fruit fly · tephritid fruit fly · black cherry fruit fly · flightless fruit fly · common fruit fly · mango fruit fly · lesser fruit fly · European cherry fruit fly · West Indian fruit fly · oriental fruit fly · olive fruit fly · papaya fruit fly · Queensland fruit fly · cherry fruit fly · Natal fruit fly

Synonyms

fag hag

Translations (60)

fa مگس سرکه (Tephritidae) · de Bohrfliege (Tephritidae) · sv bananfluga (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl muszka owocowa (Tephritidae) · pl muszka owocówka (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl octówka (Tephritidae) · de Fruchtfliege (Tephritidae) · ru пестрокры́лка (Tephritidae) · pl muszka owocówka (Tephritidae) · fi banaanikärpänen (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · fa مگس سرکه (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · hu gyümölcslégy (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · ja 実蝿 (Tephritidae) · pl octówka (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl drozofila (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · hu muslica (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl wywilżnia (Tephritidae) · de Obstfliege (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · hu fúrólégy (Tephritidae) · de Taufliege (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · ko 초파리 (Tephritidae) · oc mosca de la frucha (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · gcf nyennyen (Tephritidae) · uk дрозофі́ла (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · sh vinska mušica (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl wywilżna (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · fr mouche des fruits (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · vi ruồi giấm (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · ko 초파리과 (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · hu borlégy (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · gcf yenyen (Tephritidae) · uk плодо́ва му́ха (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · de Fruchtfliege (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · ja ミバエ (Tephritidae) · pl wywilżna (Tephritidae) · pl wywilżanka (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · tr meyve sineği (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · uk плодова́ му́ха (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · fa مگس میوه (Tephritidae) · scn zappagghiuni (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · fr mouche des fruits (Tephritidae) · pt mosca-das-frutas (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · sv fruktfluga (Tephritidae) · es mosca de la fruta (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · hu harmatlégy (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · de Essigfliege (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · ru плодо́вая му́ха (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · uk осе́тниця (Tephritidae) · oc mosca del frucham (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · ru дрозофи́ла (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl wywilżanka (Tephritidae) · pl wywilżnia (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · ja 猩々蝿 (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · hu muslinca (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl drozofila (Tephritidae) · fr drosophile (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · cmn 果蠅 /果蝇 (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · pl muszka owocowa (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · it moscerino della frutta (Drosophilidae — see also Drosophila melanogaster) · sv borrfluga (Tephritidae)