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Drosophila Definition & Meaning

drosophila
noun
  1. small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

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What does drosophila mean?
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
What part of speech is drosophila?
Drosophila is a noun.

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