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

Sophophora melangaster

Hypernyms

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

Translations

Translations — See also translations at 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
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

See also

List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Drosophila melanogaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Drosophila melanogaster on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Drosophila melanogaster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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