genus drosophila

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Drosophilidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	drosophila, drosophila melanogaster,
definition	:	small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	vinegar fly,
definition	:	flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	drosophilidae, family drosophilidae,
definition	:	fruit flies (noun.animal)