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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves

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