fruktfluga
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From frukt (“fruit”) + fluga (“fly”). Perhaps an anglicism.
Noun[edit]
fruktfluga c
- Synonym of bananfluga (“a fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster”)
- Synonym of borrfluga (“any insect of the Tephritidae family, some of the fruit flies”)
Usage notes[edit]
Does not appear in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) or Svensk ordbok (SO). Mentioned in an example for borrfluga in SO.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of fruktfluga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fruktfluga | fruktflugan | fruktflugor | fruktflugorna |
| Genitive | fruktflugas | fruktflugans | fruktflugors | fruktflugornas |