drosophila

名词 drosophila:

1. small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
   同义词：Drosophila melanogaster

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n.（名词）
Any of various small fruit flies of the genusDrosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used extensively in genetic research.
果蝇：一种果蝇属 中小的果蝇，尤指被广泛用于遗传学研究的 果蝇

来源：
New Latin Drosophila [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Drosophila [属名]
Greek drosos [dew]
希腊语 drosos [露]
New Latin -phila [pl. of] -philus [-phile] * see -phile
现代拉丁语 -phila [] -philus的复数 [爱好…的] *参见 -phile