fruktfluga

Swedish

Etymology

From frukt (“fruit”) +‎ fluga (“fly”). Perhaps an anglicism.

Noun

fruktfluga c

  1. Synonym of bananfluga (“a fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster”)
  2. Synonym of borrfluga (“any insect of the Tephritidae family, some of the fruit flies”)

Usage notes

Does not appear in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) or Svensk ordbok (SO). Mentioned in an example for borrfluga in SO.

Declension
Declension of fruktfluga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fruktfluga fruktflugan fruktflugor fruktflugorna
Genitive fruktflugas fruktflugans fruktflugors fruktflugornas

References
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