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Thesaurus: vinegar fly

flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves

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Definitions

  1. n. flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
  2. Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.
  3. Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila,which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.