genus ceratitis

English Thesaurus

1. Mediterranean fruit flies (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	ceratitis capitata, medfly, mediterranean fruit fly,
definition	:	small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family trephritidae, family trypetidae, trephritidae, trypetidae,
definition	:	fruit flies; some leaf miners (noun.animal)