| accessory fruit | <plant biology> A fruit, or group of fruits derived from one flower, in which the conspicuous, fleshy portion develops from the receptacle and is shed with the true fruit attached. (15 Jan 1998) |
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| aggregate fruit | A cluster of fruits formed from the free carpels of one flower. Compare: syncarp. (09 Oct 1997) |
| grape fruit | The shaddock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fruit | <plant biology> The seed-bearing structure in angiosperms formed from the ovary after flowering. (13 Nov 1997) |
| fruit sugar | D-fructose. See: fructose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fruit'y | Having the odour, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| berna fly | <zoology> A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae do great injury. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| breeze fly | <zoology> A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. Alternative forms: breese and brize. Origin: OE. Brese, AS. Briosa; perh. Akin to OHG. Brimissa, G. Breme, bremse, D. Brems, which are akin to G. Brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. Fremere to murmur; cf. G. Brausen, Sw. Brusa, Dan. Bruse, to roar, rush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| burrel fly | <zoology> The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly. Origin: From its reddish colour. See 1st Burrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mangrove fly | <entomology> Species of Chrysops in Africa, vectors of Loa loa; e.g., Chrysops silacea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warble fly | See: botfly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warega fly | (Zool) A Brazilian fly whose larvae live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heel fly | See: botfly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horn fly | A major pest of cattle in the Northern Hemisphere that transmits the filarial parasite Stephanofilaria stilesi. Synonym: Haematobia irritans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Spanish fly | A dried beetle, Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria, used as a counterirritant and vesicant. Synonym: Russian fly, Spanish fly. Origin: L., fr. G. Kantharis, a beetle (05 Mar 2000) |