Drosophila melanogaster

Translingual

Drosophila melanogaster feeding off a banana.

Pronunciation

English: (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ məˌlænəˈɡæstɚ/, /dɹəˈsɑfələ məˌlænəˈɡæstɚ/
Hungarian: IPA^(key): [ˈdrosofilaːmɛlaːnoɡaːstɛr], [ˈdrozofilaːmɛlaːnoɡaːstɛr]

Proper noun

Drosophila melanogaster m

A taxonomic species within the family Drosophilidae – a fruit fly often used in genetic and other experiments.

Synonyms

Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster, Sophophora melanogaster

Hypernyms

(species): Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Ephydroidea - superfamily; Drosophilidae - family; Drosophilinae - subfamily; Drosophilini - tribe; Drosophilina - subtribe; Drosophiliti - infratribe; Drosophila - genus

Translations

fruit fly — see also fruit fly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑腹果蠅／黑腹果蝇 (hēifù guǒyíng)
Czech: octomilka obecná f
Dutch: bananenvlieg (nl) f
Finnish: banaanikärpänen (fi)
Hungarian: ecetmuslica (hu)
Japanese: 黄色猩々蝿, キイロショウジョウバエ (kiiro shōjōbae)
Korean: 노랑초파리 (norangchopari)
Polish: wywilżna karłowata f, muszka owocowa (pl) f
Russian: дрозофила фруктовая f (drozofila fruktovaja)
Swedish: bananfluga (sv) c, fruktfluga c (anglicism)
Vietnamese: ruồi giấm thường, ruồi trái cây thường

References

Drosophila melanogaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Drosophila melanogaster on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Drosophila melanogaster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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