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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DROSOPHILA

New Latin, from Greek drosos dew, water + -phila.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DROSOPHILA

drosophila  [drɒˈsɒfɪlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROSOPHILA

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Drosophila is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROSOPHILA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

drosophila

Drosophila

Drosophila is a genus of small flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "fruit flies" or pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit. They should not be confused with the Tephritidae, a related family, which are also called fruit flies; tephritids feed primarily on unripe or ripe fruit, with many species being regarded as destructive agricultural pests, especially the Mediterranean fruit fly. One species of Drosophila in particular, D. melanogaster, has been heavily used in research in genetics and is a common model organism in developmental biology. The terms "fruit fly" and "Drosophila" are often used synonymously with D. melanogaster in modern biological literature. The entire genus, however, contains more than 1,500 species and is very diverse in appearance, behavior, and breeding habitat.

Definition of drosophila in the English dictionary

The definition of drosophila in the dictionary is any small dipterous fly of the genus Drosophila, esp D. melanogaster, a species widely used in laboratory genetics studies: family Drosophilidae. They feed on plant sap, decaying fruit, etc Also called: fruit fly, vinegar fly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROSOPHILA


ala
ˈeɪlə
Anguilla
æŋˈɡwɪlə
caffila
ˈkɑːfɪlə
filler
ˈfɪlə
fulfiller
fʊlˈfɪlə
gypsophila
dʒɪpˈsɒfɪlə
killer
ˈkɪlə
Manila
məˈnɪlə
miller
ˈmɪlə
nemophila
nəˈmɒfɪlə
similar
ˈsɪmɪlə
Taylor
ˈteɪlə
thriller
ˈθrɪlə
time-filler
ˈtaɪmˌfɪlə
trailer
ˈtreɪlə
Tyler
ˈtaɪlə
Ulfila
ˈʊlfɪlə
Venezuela
ˌvɛnɪˈzweɪlə
villa
ˈvɪlə
Wulfila
ˈwʊlfɪlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROSOPHILA

dropsy
dropwise
dropwort
drosera
droseraceous
droshkies
droshky
droskies
drosky
drosometer
drosophilae
dross
drossy
drostdy
drought
droughtiness
droughty
drouk
droukit
drouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROSOPHILA

agila
Aquila
Attila
Bikila
Coahuila
fila
Gila
hila
Kabila
l´Aquila
maquila
mochila
pila
sheila
strobila
tequila
Tutuila
voila
zila

Synonyms and antonyms of drosophila in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drosophila» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROSOPHILA

Find out the translation of drosophila to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drosophila from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drosophila» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

果蝇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drosophila
570 millions of speakers

English

drosophila
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ड्रोसोफिला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة الفاكهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дрозофилы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drosófila
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ড্রসোফিলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drosophile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Drosophila
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drosophila
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ショウジョウバエ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초파리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drosophila
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ruồi giấm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழப்பூச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रोसोफिला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drosophila
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drosophila
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Drosophila
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрозофіли
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Drosophila
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

drosophila
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Drosophila
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Drosophila
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Drosophila
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drosophila

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROSOPHILA»

The term «drosophila» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.461 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROSOPHILA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drosophila» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drosophila» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drosophila

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROSOPHILA»

Discover the use of drosophila in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drosophila and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life
"One of the most productive of all laboratory animals, Drosophila has been a key tool in genetics research for nearly a century.
Robert E. Kohler, 1994
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Drosophila: a practical approach
The second edition of this popular hands-on guide brings the methodology up-to-date, with contributions from the leading researchers in the field.
David B. Roberts, 1998
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Drosophila: A Guide to Species Identification and Use
This book, by providing basic information on how to identify and breed these other fruitflies, will allow investigators to take advantage, on a large scale, of the valuable qualities of these other Drosophila species and their newly ...
Therese A. Markow, Patrick O'Grady, 2005
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Drosophila Protocols
This exceptional laboratory manual describes thirty-seven procedures most likely to be used in the next decade for molecular, biochemical, and cellular studies on Drosophila.
William Sullivan, M. Ashburner, R. Scott Hawley, 2000
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Biology of Drosophila
However, original copies are now very hard to find. This facsimile edition makes available to the fly community once again its most enduring work of reference.
Milislav Demerec, 1994
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The Genome of Drosophila melanogaster
This handbook and its accompanying polytene chromosome maps, are sturdily bound into the book as foldouts and available as a separate set, are essential research tools for the Drosophila community.
Dan L. Lindsley, Georgianna G. Zimm, 1992
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Fly Pushing: The Theory and Practice of Drosophila Genetics
A new edition of the classic handbook that has become a standard in the Drosophilafield. The book is expanded to include topics in which classical genetic strategies have been augmented with new molecular tools.
Ralph J. Greenspan, 2004
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Drosophila: a toolbox for the study of neurodegenerative disease
Drosophila gives an overview of the ways in which Drosophila is currently being used as a model organism to further our understanding of a spectrum of human neurological diseases.
Amritpal Mudher, Tracey Newman, 2008
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Drosophila Cells in Culture
Currently Drosophila is a dominant experimental model in developmental biology and in gene regulation in eukaryotes. This volume summarizes some thirty years of experience in the handling of in vitro cultured Drosophila cells.
Guy Echalier, 1997
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Brain Development in Drosophila melanogaster
This book provides an overview of some major facets of recent research on Drosophila brain development.
Gerhard Martin Technau, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROSOPHILA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drosophila is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sex-specific effects of sympatric mitonuclear variation on fitness in …
... adult longevity and resistance to desiccation) in Drosophila subobscura fruit flies carrying one of three different sympatric mtDNA haplotypes. «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
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Evaluation of BLAST-based edge-weighting metrics used for …
... and published by 2003 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae[16], Caenorhabditis elegans[17], Arabidopsis thaliana[18], Drosophila melanogaster[19], ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Garden Q&A: Yellow is not a good color for azalea leaves
Whether you call them fruit flies, or by their proper name, vinegar flies (Drosophila spp.), they're all the same tiny pest that can contaminate our ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
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West central Michigan small fruit regional report – July 7, 2015
Currently, spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) continue to show up in west central Michigan. SWD has been detected in strawberries, raspberries ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jul 15»
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Scientists develop free, online genetic research tool
... against the complete genomes of five species: human, mouse, Drosophila melanogaster (a type of fly), TAIR10 arabidopsis (a small flowering ... «R & D Magazine, Jul 15»
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Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Recruits CD98 Heavy Chain and β1 Integrin …
IMPORTANCE Certain cellular and viral macromolecular complexes, such as Drosophila large ribonucleoprotein complexes and herpesvirus ... «Journal of Virology, Jul 15»
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Water just the essentials every day
The majority of our raspberry fruit is infected with the small white larva of the Spotted Wing Drosophila Fruit Fly. It is very sad to see the canes ... «Agassiz-Harrison Observer, Jul 15»
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Immune response and insulin signalling alter mosquito feeding …
Insulin-like peptides (ILPs) have been reported to regulate the sensitivity of odorant receptor neurons (ORNs) in Drosophila. We previously ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Michigan spotted wing Drosophila report for July 7, 2015
Spotted wing Drosophila numbers are still very low, but we have confirmed first detections this season of female SWD from traps in Antrim, ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jul 15»
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New Research Shows Spotted Wing Drosophila Repellent Naturally …
Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is a big pest for fruit growers. However, Christine Krause Pham and Anandasankar Ray, ... «Growing Produce, Jul 15»

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