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  • noun Plural form of fruitfly.

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Examples

  • He reports that there are signs that non-coding DNA in fruitflies is being maintained by natural selection, which indicates that it plays a functional role after all.

    The Memory Hole 2005

  • Rows of jars containing Drosophila, also known as fruitflies, being bred in laboratory conditions.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Perhaps that's only because nobody has tested goldfish ¦ the way they have, say, fruitflies.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • And then again, don't forget the reason we are discussing fruitflies.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • And then again, don't forget the reason we are discussing fruitflies.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • Please go to your own reference and read what they did to these little fruitflies, OK?

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • Using technology already in vogue for making transgenic fruitflies (used worldwide by universities doing harmless academic research), Jacobi's team started out making the mosquito they wanted.

    The Perfect Plan 2010

  • Just to clarify, I believe that the “free will” of the fruitflies is thought to have more to do with search strategy in the investigated behaviors, than with predator-prey strategies.

    Of flies and free will - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • For the love of fruitflies, I just adored the one with Sacajawea on it, I thought it was an honor to the bored gods and everything.

    This One Made Me Laugh Anne Johnson 2007

  • For the love of fruitflies, I just adored the one with Sacajawea on it, I thought it was an honor to the bored gods and everything.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Anne Johnson 2007

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