Mediterranean fruit fly

noun

: a small widely distributed yellowish-brown dipteran fly (Ceratitis capitata) with a banded abdomen whose larva lives and feeds in ripening fruit

called also medfly

Illustration of Mediterranean fruit fly

• Mediterranean fruit fly

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

Mediterranean fruit fly

noun

: a small widely distributed yellowish brown two-winged fly whose larva lives and feeds in ripening fruit

called also medfly