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Mediterranean fruit fly
(Medi|ter¦ra|nean fruit fly)
noun
a fruit fly whose larvae can be a serious pest of citrus and other fruits.
Also called
medfly
, chiefly in North America.
Ceratitis capitata
, family
Tephritidae
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